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Kanji Detail for 吾 - "my, I"

吾

  • Meaning

    吾 means "my, I." Also associated with to defend.

    1. My - One's own.

    2. I - First-person pronoun; oneself.

    3. Prefix - Added to show familiarity (e.g., "my child," "my brother").

    4. To defend - To protect.

  • Four-character idioms with 吾

    • 正勝吾勝 まさかつあがつ Listen true victory is victory over oneself

  • Tattoo check: 吾

    • Verified meaning: my, I
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぎよ, ご, われ)
    • Also carries these associations: to defend

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 吾

    Surnames 吾(ぎよ)Listen 吾(ご)Listen 吾(われ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    I; my; our; one's own

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    i, my, our; resist, impede

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Wu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    I, my, our; to resist, to impede

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    I; me. Speaking of oneself is 吾. Speaking because of others is 我. (Mencius) "I am good at nourishing my vast, flowing vital energy."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    go(ゴ) ゴ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a(あ) あ

    waga(わ-が) わ-が

    ware(われ) われ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    my I to defend me myself self oneself own personal prefix

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