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犸

獁
mǎ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 猛犸) mammoth

Examples

HSK 6
科学家在冻土里发现了一头冰冻的猛犸。
Kēxuéjiā zài dòngtǔ lǐ fāxiàn le yì tóu bīngdòng de měngmǎ.
Scientists found a frozen mammoth in the permafrost.
HSK 7-9
猛犸是一种巨大的史前动物。
Měngmǎ shì yì zhǒng jùdà de shǐqián dòngwù.
The mammoth was a huge prehistoric animal.

Tips

usage
犸 is a bound character used only in 猛犸 (mammoth), also said as 猛犸象. It never appears alone.

Components

radical
犭 quǎn
dog; animal radical
The side-form animal radical, marking this as a beast. It is the standard signal for naming a creature, here a giant extinct one.
phonetic
马 mǎ
horse
Provides the sound, read 马 and unchanged here. It is purely the phonetic cue; the mammoth is unrelated to horses.

Stroke Order

犸 mǎ