馬ま草ぐさ

• 馬草Usage9%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • まぐさ

    Standard kanji spelling; literally 'horse grass'.

  • うまくさ
• 秣Usage73%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • まぐさ

    Rare single-character form; may not be widely recognized.

  • うまくさ
• まぐさUsage18%

  Kana spelling is common when the kanji are not needed.

• うまくさ

Compound of 馬 (uma, 'horse') and 草 (kusa, 'grass'), with the reading まぐさ likely from a contraction of うまくさ. The single-character form 秣 is a kokuji or specialized kanji for horse feed.