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3 strokes · radical 马 · HSK 2 · traditional 馬
10 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 马
A way to remember it
The traditional 馬 keeps the mane on top and four legs underneath. The simplified 马 kept the gesture and threw away the legs.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
horse
mǎ — horse
Radical 马 · 3 strokes · HSK 2 · traditional 馬
10 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 马
A way to remember itThe traditional 馬 keeps the mane on top and four legs underneath. The simplified 马 kept the gesture and threw away the legs.