马 mǎ horse
Alternative traditional form of character: 馬
Made with 3 strokes.
Simplified picture of a rearing horse with the legs now represented by a single line
Ancient small seal form 
Sounds same
吗 mǎ (?)Different tone
妈 mā (mother)Radical
Index 187 used in: 吗 mǎ (?) ; 妈 mā (mother) ; 驻 zhù (to halt)Pronunciation
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Cities
马鞍山 Ma'anshan, AnhuiPeople
司马迁 Sima QianProverbs
单枪匹马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ Taking on a difficult task on your own害群之马 hài qún zhī mǎ The bad person of the family or group
好马不吃回头草 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo Pride may forbid a person going back to his home town after failure. Do not dwell on past actions, progress forward
驴唇不对马嘴 lǖ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ Something that is out of place and inappropriate
马到成功 mǎ daò chéng gōng Gain immediate victory
马马虎虎 mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ Some people say it comes from an old story in which a horse and a tiger get into a fight. Neither animal could defeat the other. In time, mentioning the two animals together came to mean a fight with no definite winner - and ma ma hu hu came to mean 'so so.'. There is also a story that, a long time ago, an artist drew an animal. He asked other people what the animal he drew was. Some said it looked like a horse while others said it was a tiger. They said, 'ma ma hu hu' because the drawing was just 'so-so'.