Radical 187

馬 马
186 ⾹ ◄	187	► ⾻ 188
Pinyin :	mǎ (= horse)
Zhuyin :	ㄇ ㄚ ˇ
Hiragana :	う ま uma
Kanji :	馬 偏 umahen (= radical horse)
Hangul :	말
Sinocorean :	마 ma (= horse)
Codepoint :	U + 99AC 9A6C
Stroke sequence :

Radical 187 , meaning " horse ", is one of eight traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of ten strokes.

With 85 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it often appears in the dictionary.

The abbreviation马 for horse in the People's Republic of China still shows its origin despite the simplification to just three lines.

The original mark showed a horse with a flowing mane. In compound characters, this radical indicates the term horse, such as B. in

骑 (= ride),

驰 (= gallop),

驴 (= donkey)

冯 (= gallop, with 冫 = 冰 as a sound carrier) and

驾 (= tense).

Also 骗 (= cheat) is in this context, because the original meaning was “ jump on a horse and ride away ”.

Very often 馬 (马 ma) serves as a sound carrier, such as:

妈 (= mother),

吗 (= question particle),

玛 (= agate ),

码 (= number) and

骂 (= scold = twice 口 mouth).

The horse is considered impatient according to the Chinese calendar . Horse years (午wǔ ) are:

Galloping horse

January 25th	1906 to February 12	1907 - fire
February 11th	1918 to January 31	1919 - earth
January 30th	1930 to February 16	1931 - metal
February 15th	1942 to 0February 4th	1943 - water
03 February	1954 to January 23	1955 - wood
21th January	1966 to 0February 8th	1967 - fire
0February 7th	1978 to January 27th	1979 - earth
January 27th	1990 to February 14th	1991 - metal
February 12th	2002 to January 31	2003 - water
31 January	2014 until February 18	2015 - wood

People who were born in horse years apply u. a. as eloquent, sociable, charming, happy and sporty. If you want to list negative traits you could say they are rebellious, impatient, unpredictable, wasteful and contentious.

The abbreviation of the radical 187 is 马; with 馬 character combinations from U + 99AC to 䯂 U + 9A6B are coded, then with 马 from U + 9A6C to 骧 U + 9AA7.

Character combinations ruled by Radical 187

Strokes	character
+ 00	馬	马
+ 02	䭴 馭 馮 馱	驭
+ 03	䭵 䭶 馯 馰 馲 馳 馴 馵	驮 驯 驰
+ 04	䭷 䭸 䭹 䭺 䭻 䭼 䭽 䭾 馶 馷 馸 馹 馺 馻 馼 馽 馾 馿 駀 駁 駂 駃 駄 駅 駆 駇	驱 驲 驳 驴
+ 05	䭿 䮀 䮁 䮂 䮃 䮄 䮅 駈 駉 駊 駋 駌 駍 駎 駏 駐 駑 駒 駓 駔 駕 駖 駗 駘 駙 駙 駚 駛 駜 駝 駞 駟 駠	驵 驶 驷 驸 驹 驺 驻 驼 驽 驾 驿 骀
+ 06	䮆 䮇 䮈 䮉 䮊 䮋 䮌 䮍 䯃 駡 駢 駣 駤 駥 駦 駧 駨 駩 駪 駫 駬 駭 駮 駯 駰 駱 駲	骁 骂 骃 骄 骅 骆 骇 骈 骉
+ 07	䮎 䮏 䮐 䮑 䮒 䯄 駴 駵 駶 駷 駸 駹 駺 駻 駼 駽 駾 駿 騀 騁 騂 騃	骊 骋 验 骍 骎 骏
+ 08	䮓 䮔 䮕 䮖 䮗 䮘 䮙 䮚 䮛 駳 騄 騅 騆 騇 騈 騉 騊 騋 騌 騍 騎 騏 騐 騑 騒 験	骐 骑 骒 骓 骔 骕 骖
+ 09	䮜 䮝 䮞 䮟 䮠 䮡 䮢 騔 騕 騖 騗 騘 騙 騚 騛 騜 騝 騞 騟 騠 騡 騢 騣 騤 騥 騦 騧 騨	骗 骘 骙 骚 骛
+10	䮣 䮤 䮥 䮦 䮧 䮨 䮩 䯅 騩 騪 騫 騬 騭 騮 騯 騰 騱 騱 騲 騳 騴 騵 騶 騷 騸	骜 骝 骞 骟
+11	䮪 䮫 䮬 䮭 䮮 䮯 䮰 䮱 騹 騺 騻 騼 騽 騾 騿 驀 驁 驂 驃 驄 驅 驆 驇	骠 骡 骢
+12	䮲 䮳 䮴 䮵 䮶 驈 驉 驊 驋 驌 驍 驎 驏 驐 驑 驒 驓 驔 驕	骣
+13	䮷 䮸 䮹 驖 驗 驘 驙 驚 驛 驜
+14	䮺 䮻 䮼 驝 驞 驟	骤
+15	䮽
+16	䮾 驠 驡 驢 驣	骥
+17	䮿 驤 驥 驦 驧	骦 骧
+18	䯀 驨 驩
+19	䯁 驪 驪
+20	驫
+24	䯂

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 187 is coded under the code point number 12.218 (U + 2FBA).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 153 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 134 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 187  - Graphic representations of Radikal 187

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 187 on page 44