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Kanji for Horse
The kanji for “horse” is 馬, read ba and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
馬
horse
The horse; strength, speed and freedom.
10 strokes On reading バ (ba) Kun reading うま、ま (uma, ma) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: horse
Readings used for names on Nazuke: uma, ba, ma
In Japan it appears in about 243 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 馬: Barbara 羽馬楽 · Vern 馬
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