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司马

Sī mǎ

2-character word Traditional 司馬

What 司马 means

1. Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states)
2. two-character surname Sima

The characters in 司马

• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess

Words starting with 司马

• 司马迁Sī mǎ QiānSima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史记
• 司马光Sī mǎ GuāngSima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of…
• 司马懿Sī mǎ YìSima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
• 司马法Sī mǎ Fǎ“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military…
• 司马谈Sī mǎ TánSima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司马迁
• 司马炎Sī mǎ YánSima Yan (236–290), founder and first emperor (265–290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋
• 司马承帧Sī mǎ Chéng zhēnSima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
• 司马昭Sī mǎ ZhāoSima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏
• 司马辽太郎Sī mǎ Liáo tài lángSHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
• 司马穰苴Sī mǎ Ráng jūSima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi…
• 司马昭之心路人皆知Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhīlit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret

Words containing 司马

• 易司马仪Yì sī mǎ yíIsmail (name); Shāh Ismāil I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned…