also: まや
A building for keeping horses; can also refer to a barn for other livestock in some contexts.
He feeds the horses in the stable every morning.
They renovated the old stable into a café.
納屋 is a general storage shed or barn, not specifically for horses.
牛舎 is a cowshed or cattle barn, while 厩 is primarily for horses.
spring release of livestock to graze
Standard kanji form; high news frequency.
Also read まや; the reading うまや is common, but まや is a valid alternative reading for this form.
Rare reading; Restricted まや to this form.
Search-only kanji form; variant character.
The kanji 厩 is a phono-semantic compound with 厂 (cliff, building) and 皀 (food container), suggesting a place where animals are fed. The reading うまや is a compound of 馬 (うま, horse) and 屋 (や, house/shop).