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馬

うま

horse

Mnemonic

The one animal in the deck you could pick out of its own character across a field. Ooh う, ma ま, look at that one: うま.

Built from

horse
A pictograph. The mane runs along the top and the four strokes underneath are the legs.

Words sharing these kanji

fool, nonsense

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