Japanese Word Entry

Kana:うま
Romaji:uma
Definitions:
  1. horse

  2. horse racing

  3. promoted bishop

  4. knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

Alternative form:
  • ウマ (uma)


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Chinese characters used in this word

horse, surname, Kangxi radical 187
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄚˇ (mǎ)
Cantonese: maa5
Japanese: バ (ba)、 メ (me)、 マ (ma) / うま (uma)、 うま- (uma-)、 ま (ma)
Korean: 마 (ma)
Vietnamese:
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