The kanji 馬: meaning, readings and stroke order

馬

Meaning: horse
On reading: バ ba
Kun reading: うま uma、ま* ma
Strokes: 10
Radical: 馬 horse
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con ngựa (mã)
Japanese: うま。
Korean: 말 (마)
Chinese: 马

Readings, words and example sentences

バ ba · on reading

馬ば車しゃ
horse-drawn carriage
むかしは 馬ば車しゃで通いました。
Long ago, people got around by horse carriage.

うま uma · kun reading

馬うま
horse
野原を 馬うまが走ります。
A horse runs across the field.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.