Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: ma Kangxi stroke count: 21 Page 1475, Entry 35 In Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced ma (falling tone). In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced ma (falling tone). Name of a fish. According to Corrected Pronunciation of Characters (Zhengzitong), this refers to the sea shrimp. It is also known as the water horse. Common usage has subsequently formed the character ma.