海马

海馬

hǎimǎ

noun #23,415

Measure Word

一只海马 zhī

Meanings

1 seahorse (marine animal)
2 hippocampus (brain region)

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Examples

海马是一种奇特的海洋生物，由雄性负责孕育后代。

Hǎimǎ shì yī zhǒng qítè de hǎiyáng shēngwù, yóu xióngxìng fùzé yùnyù hòudài.

The seahorse is a unique marine creature where the male is responsible for bearing offspring.

海马（大脑区域）在记忆形成中起关键作用。

Hǎimǎ ( dànǎo qūyù) zài jìyì xíngchéng zhōng qǐ guānjiàn zuòyòng.

The hippocampus (brain region) plays a key role in memory formation.

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海 = sea, 马 = horse - a seahorse really does look like a tiny horse underwater. The same name applies to the hippocampus in the brain, which is curved like a seahorse: hippos (horse) + kampos (sea monster) in Greek, giving the same metaphor across languages.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

马 mǎ