Glyph Origins

Radical ⾺ (187)

馬 (U+99AC)

ShangShang
(Shi)		Shang
(Bin)		Shang
(Wuming)		Early
W.Zhou		Middle
W.Zhou		Late
W.Zhou		Chunqiu
(Qin)		QinW.HanHanNanbei
(N.Qi)
集10857.1合19813正合11446合27966集2612歷文2006(3)集4318.1石鼓.馬薦秦印編192
[駕]		張.功120敦177竇泰墓誌

{馬} *mˤraʔ “horse”

Depiction of a horse.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (741-742)

Forms:

马 - Shortening based on the cursive form. Modern simplified form in China.

马 (U+9A6C)

HanHanHanHanSanguo
(Wu)		Yuan
居新EPT68:22居新EPF22:197敦233A敦173松本急就章西蜀夢
[駈]

Shortening of 馬 based on the cursive form. Modern simplified form of 馬 in China.

  • Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (212)