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ma3

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simplified:
Pinyin: ma [3rd sound]
Definition: horse

This is a Pictographic Character, in the Oracle bone script (jia gu wen) and the Bronze engraving script (jin wen) are the picture of a leaping horse, The Small seal script (Xiao Zhuan Shu) has become to evolved shape, so different from original character.

 
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