馬

horse

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingバ

Kun readingうま、うま-、ま

JLPT level: N3 Jōyō Grade 2

Meanings

horseRtK

horse racing
promoted bishop
knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

Synonyms

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical馬horse

Components

How it's built

馬

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

team of horses

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2132

Compound words

競馬けいば

horse racing

絵馬えま

votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

騎馬きば

horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

出馬しゅつば

running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback (to a battle); going in person; letting out a horse

乗馬じょうば

horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse

馬車ばしゃ

coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

馬術ばじゅつ

horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding

馬力ばりき

horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; vigour

馬鹿ばか

idiot; moron; fool; stupid; foolish

馬主うまぬし

owner of a horse (esp. racehorse); registered owner (of a racehorse)

馬券ばけん

betting ticket; betting slip

馬場ばば

riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

白馬はくば

white horse; unrefined sake

競走馬きょうそうば

racehorse

競馬場けいばじょう

racecourse; race track

三冠馬さんかんば

winner of Japan's three main horse races

馬鹿らしいばからしい

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense

鞍馬あんば

pommel horse

竃馬かまどうま

camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)

On Reading Examples

自動車が馬車に取って変わった。ばしゃ

Automobiles replaced carriages.tatoeba

鳩山さんが競馬で妻子を養っていると言っています。けいば

Hatoyama says that he supports his family by gambling on horse racing.tatoeba

ダービー競馬の日は２週間後の水曜日だ。けいば

Derby Day is Wednesday fortnight.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は母の助言を馬鹿にした。

He flouted his mother's advice.tatoeba

彼は文字どおりの馬鹿だ。

He is literally stupid.tatoeba

彼は分別があるからそんな馬鹿なことは言わない。

He has more sense than to say such a foolish thing.tatoeba

彼は部下と馬を引き連れ雪山を越え暑い谷へといった。

He led his men and horses over snowy mountains and down into hot valleys.tatoeba

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