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Mythic Mandarin

骑马 (qí mǎ): meaning and stroke order

骑马 (qí mǎ) means to ride a horse.

骑马

Simplified
骑马
Traditional
騎馬
Pinyin
qí mǎ

Stroke order of 骑马

骑

  • jì (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier
  • qí to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc)
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 騎

Stroke by stroke

马

  • Mǎ surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
  • mǎ horse; CL:匹[pi3]
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 馬

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 骑马

  1. qí mǎ Traditional 騎馬
    • to ride a horse

Radicals of the characters

骑
Radical 马 (Kangxi radical 187) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 马 on the left, 奇 on the right
马
Radical 马 (Kangxi radical 187) in its simplified form · 3 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

骑马 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 一根竹杖，一双草鞋，比骑马还轻松，有什么好怕的？披着蓑衣在风雨里走，这就是我的一生。

    yì gēn zhúzhàng yì shuāng cǎoxié bǐ qímǎ hái qīngsōng yǒu shénme hǎo pà de pī zhe suōyī zài fēngyǔ lǐ zǒu zhè jiùshì wǒ de yìshēng

    A bamboo staff and a pair of straw sandals are easier than riding a horse—what is there to fear? Walking through wind and rain in a straw cape: that is my life.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 骑马

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).