One character a day, it is easy to master Chinese characters day by day. Let's take a look at the basic knowledge of "马".

 

马 mă  
Explanation: horse
Phrases: 马车（mǎ chē） cart  ；马虎（mǎ hu） careless
象形字中的“马”（ ）能看到马的特征：身躯跃起、头向上、尾向下，中间还有鬃毛。后来马的特征渐渐消失了，简化成现今的“马”字。
（  ）is a pictographic character which depicts a horse with its head upwards, tail downwards and back to the right; it even depicts the hair. But as the character developed it lost these original pictographic features.           

Sentences:

1.Shùn zhe zhètiáo chēdàogōu, yīnggāi kěyǐ zhǎodào nà liàng mǎchē.
顺着这条车道沟，应该可以找到那辆马车。
You may find the carriage along the rut.

2.Aya, tā zuòshì zěnme zhème mǎhu!
啊呀，他做事怎么这么马虎！
Boy! He is just not paying attention.