The Chinese Radical: 马


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horse    马

Explanation simplified from 馬

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
question particle, morphine
mǎ, ma, má
Left: mouth , right: horse (traditionally: 馬 with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ)
A mouth (as big) as that of a horse is good for: questions.
JLPT HSK 1
mother, mom

Left: woman , right: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
The woman who works as hard as a horse, is my mother.
JLPT HSK 3
horse

simplified from 馬
Traditionally 馬 the image of a running horse ㄅ, with the mane in the wind ⌝, four legs and the tail フ.
JLPT HSK 3
to ride (an animal or bike), to sit astride

Left: horse /馬 (= mane, 4 legs and a tail ㄅ), right: strange, odd (There is a big possibility (opportunity) , but it looks strange.)
A horse gives you big possibilities, when you are riding.
JLPT HSK 4
to examine, to test, to check
yàn
Left: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: together (A person as one is with three ツ together.)
(i.e. check the number) The horses are (rounded) together, when you want to control them.
JLPT HSK 4
weight, code, number, to pile, to stack

Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
How many stones can a horse carry? - This weight is a code or a number.
JLPT HSK 4
to cheat, to swindle, to deceive, to fool
piàn
Left: horse /馬, right: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat.)
A horse as flat as a door plate, is a cheat.
JLPT HSK 4
haughty, proud, arrogant
jiāo
Left: horse /馬, right: tall (top:, here: sky , long legs 丿| [Sky-long legs make tall])
On a horse you appear tall and become haughty.
JLPT HSK 5
to scold, damn, curse, revile

Top: mouths , below: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
They have mouths like horses and scold ...
JLPT HSK 5
to gallop, speedily, to pilot (ship, plane)
shǐ
Left: horse /馬 (.. with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: history 史 (Here: a body of the horse with wide steps and thus only two legs on the ground.)
The horse has two legs on ground, when: galloping.
JLPT HSK 5
to harness, to draw (a cart etc), to pilot
jià
Top: to add (For getting power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat]), bottom: horse /馬 (.. with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
Add this to a horse: A harness to draw/direct it.
JLPT HSK 5
sudden, abrupt, suddenly, unexpected
zhòu
Left: horse /馬 (.. with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: to gather 聚 (If you can grasp each other and stand side-by-side 乑, you have gathered)
Use the horse if the "gathering" is to take place suddenly.
JLPT HSK 5
to dash, to rush, charge, to break through
chuǎng
Outside: gate / 門, inside: horse /馬
Through the gate the horses are dashing away.
JLPT HSK 6
to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
zhù
Left: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: master, host (I emphasize , the king is the master)
(Horses were changed at a relay station) Where horses have their host, is the (relay) station.
JLPT HSK 6
to expel, to urge on, to drive, to run quickly

Left: horse /馬 (= with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: district
Take your horse. From this district you are: expelled!
JLPT HSK 6
contradict, diverse, variegated, heterogeneous, to refute

Left: horse /馬, right: two crosses
A horse with four crossed legs? Who wants to contradict that this is diverse.
JLPT HSK 6
run fast, speed, spread, gallop
chí
Left: horse /馬, right: also/too (shows a twisting creature, like a snake)
A horse bitten by a bent creature will run fast.
JLPT HSK 6
disturbance, rumpus, trouble, flirty, coquettish
sāo
Left: horse /馬, right: 蚤 (fork [=hand with fork ], insect )
A horse pricked by a fork or an insect causes a coquettish disturbance.
JLPT HSK 6
to gallop, soar, rise, to prance
téng
Left: we (imperial) (body / and border guard (person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ), bottom: horse /馬
Your body can jump/soar over the security guard, if your horse is galloping.
JLPT HSK 6
dragonfly, grasshopper, ant, leech
mā, mǎ, mà
Left: insect , right: horse /馬 (= with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
Insects that resemble a horse, are the dragonfly and the grasshopper.
JLPT no HSK
agate, cornelian

Left: king, jade (Jade itself is: ), right: horse /馬 (= with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
The jewel (=jade) that has similar to a horse different colored stripes is: the agate.
JLPT no HSK
tame, to domesticate, obedient, attain gradually
xún
Left: horse /馬, right: river
A horse going with you through the river is: tamed.
JLPT no HSK
camel, white horse with a black mane
luò
Left: horse /馬, right: every (here: Sitting cross-legged on a hump does everybody)
The 'horse', where you sit on the hump is the: camel.
JLPT no HSK
to gallop, to assist, to attack
féng, píng
Left: ice (here: two feet of the horse), right: horse /馬 (with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ)
Two feet of the horse (are touching the earth) when: galloping.
JLPT no HSK
to terrify, startle, astonish, to shock
hài
Left: horse /馬, right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
A horse (fat) as a pig! That's terrifying!
JLPT no HSK
donkey

Left: horse /馬, right: sliding door 戸 here: back/buttons with a load )
The 'horse' that is loaded, is: the donkey.
JLPT no HSK
suddenly, unexpectedly, leap on or over

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: horse /馬
The sunset is (fast as) a horse and comes suddenly.
JLPT no HSK
sincere, true, serious (illness)

Top: bamboo , bottom: horse /馬
(The strength of) bamboo and horses are upright/sincere.
JLPT no HSK
spirited horse
jùn
Left: horse /馬 (= with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: dawdle (nose , legs , upturned foot )
A horse with this nose, legs and upturned feet must be spirited.
JLPT no HSK
bridle, halter, to restrain, to detain, to lodge, inn

Top: net 罒/, bottom: Leder (Horned 廿 animals have a skin of leather.), horse /馬
The 'net' made of leather for the horse is: the bridle.
JLPT no HSK
mule
luó
Left: horse /馬, right: exhausted 累 (If the fields are long as threads , they will exhaust us)
The "horse" working until being exhausted, is the mule.
JLPT no HSK
to manage, to drive, to control

Left: horse /馬 (with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: hand
For the horse use your hand to: manage it.
JLPT no HSK
to carry on one's back
duò, tuó
Left: horse /馬 (with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: big
A horse can carry sth. big: on its back.
驿
JLPT no HSK
post horse, relay station

Left: horse /馬, right: vari. of vertical , but here: two different hands: and =
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse comes from one hand to another at: the relay station.
JLPT no HSK
camel, hump or hunchbacked
tuó
Left: horse /馬 (with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: it (lifeless) (roof and sitting person )
This 'horse' has a roof for sitting on: The camel.
JLPT no HSK
colt

Left: horse /馬, right: sentence, phrase (= wrapped in the mouth ) Here: see similarity of the wrapping with: placenta/womb 胞
The horse coming out of the placenta with its head is a colt.
JLPT no HSK
thoroughbred horse, refined and virtuous

Left: horse /馬 (with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: to hope, wish 冀 (Also in the north , our fields shall be commonly extraordinary /异: This is what we hope)
The horse, we hope for is: a thoroughbred horse.

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