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horse

On-Yomi: バ — Kun-Yomi: うま、うま-、ま

Koohii stories:

1) [raulir] 5-1-2007(124): Turkey with the drops at the top removed and tail feathers added (this matches stroke order and there are the tail feathers already, why not have the whole bird). If you take the two drops of 隹 as wings, then horses are like turkeys, but have no wings and have more prominent tail "feathers". Both are actually supposed to be pictographs, though.

2) [NeoGlitch] 18-1-2012(42): FINALLY!! Geeeeeeeeeez!!!.

3) [fuaburisu] 9-1-2006(36): The top part is half a comb (see frame 1920) with an extra vertical stroke to account for a sturdier version used to comb a horse mane. As a primitive I used the theme of the Trojan Horse. Not the modern computer viruses, but the large wooden horse which led to the demise of Troy and of the Trojans. Either its size (much greater than a live horse), or the fact that it conceals things into its belly, will set it appart from the horse primitive that came in frame 568 ("noon").

4) [Filip] 10-3-2008(24): 4 dots = 4 limbs, the hook = tail, top part = manes.

5) [jotakami] 7-4-2010(13): This kanji needs no mnemonic, really. It's used often enough as a primitive that you would have to have Alzheimer's to forget it. If you write each kanji once, as Heisig recommends, then the stroke order will also come naturally.

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