馬 — horse
うま
馬
horse
うま
U+99AC
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #639
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1978
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #187
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Meanings
- horse
Readings
- On'yomi
- ば ba
- Kun'yomi
- ま ma うま uma
word
うま uma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ば ba On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
ま ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
21 wordsEach dot is a word containing 馬: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 10 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.