馬 – horse

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The kanji 馬 means horse. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is バ、メ、マ、ボ、モ (ba, me, ma, bo, mo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うま、ま (uma, ma). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 馬 (no. 187).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	バ	ba
On’yomi	メ	me
On’yomi	マ	ma
On’yomi	ボ	bo
On’yomi	モ	mo
Kun’yomi	うま	uma
Kun’yomi	ま	ma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 馬 (Kangxi radical 187). Components: 杰.

Words using 馬

馬うまhorse馬鹿ばかidiot競馬けいばhorse racing

Example sentences

馬に乗ることができますか？

Can you ride a horse?

Tatoeba #177011

こんな荒れ模様の日に外出するなんて君は馬鹿だよ。

You are an idiot to go out in this weather.

Tatoeba #217362

なんという馬鹿なことだろう。

What a piece of folly!

Tatoeba #198852

Kanji with the same radical

験駅駐駆騒驚騰駄騙馴

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.