Do not use the method of learning Western languages to learn Chinese character, because the character of Western languages are Phonography. Chinese character is Ideographic, combined by the basic strokes, like horizontal line, vertical line, left-falling, right-falling and so on.
Each Chinese Character a Picture,in this article we introduce the character 马, means horse.
In the flash below you will know this character how to write, the correct order of strokes, the radical, phrases and you can hear the standard pronunciation.If you have trouble to use this flash,please read our article About Characters Flash before you study.
Instructions
连续 means consequent strokes
下一步 means next strok
重复 means previous stroke
Instructions
笔顺 means order of strokes
笔画 means strokes number
部首 means Radical
词组 means phrases
This character seems no relationship with horse, but in traditional Chinese the form of this character is 馬, you can imagine that this traditional form depicts a horse standing with its head backwards. and in Simplified Chinese, this character is also a radical, characters under this radical always have the meaning of "run or move quickly", for example 驾 jià means drive, 驰 chí means gallop.
Radical 马 mǎ ( means horse )
Characters under this radical 驶 shǐ ( means sail; drive )
Strokes Number is 3 strokes
Words and Phrases
马鞭 mǎ biān horsewhip
马达 mǎ dá motor
马虎 mǎ hǔ careless
马路 mǎ lù road
马上 mǎ shàng at once
马不停蹄 mǎ bù tíng tí the horse gallops on without stopping; i.e., non stop
马革裹尸 mǎ gé guǒ shī be wrappe in a horse hide after death; i.e., die on the battlefield
人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān man and horses thrown off their feet; i.e., to be turned upside-down
Sentences
你马上就走吗？ nǐ mǎ shàng jiù zǒu ma ？ are you leaving right away?
Tip: pinyin letter with red font means this character is a Polyphone character
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