Kanji N3

馬: horse

馬 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning horse, written with 10 strokes. It is read バ, メ, マ (on) and うま, ま (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 馬 (うま, horse) and 馬鹿 (ばか, idiot).

馬

Meanings

  • horse
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#639 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • バ
  • メ
  • マ
  • ボ
  • モ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うま
  • ま

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 10. Start at the dot.

Common words with 馬

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 馬うま

    horse

    JLPT N3
  • 馬鹿ばか

    idiot; moron; fool

    JLPT N3
  • 競馬けいば

    horse racing

    JLPT N2
  • 馬穴バケツ

    bucket; pail

    JLPT N2
  • 出馬しゅつば

    running (for election)

  • 馬場ばば

    riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

  • 白馬はくば

    white horse

  • 馬券ばけん

    betting ticket; betting slip

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.