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Kanji Detail for 我 - "self, I"

我

  • Meaning

    我 means "self, I." Also associated with stubborn.

    1. I - The self; oneself.

    2. Self - One's own person; ego.

    3. Stubborn - Willful; obstinate.

  • Words using 我

    • 我が わが Listen my; our; one's own
    • 我慢 がまん Listen endurance; patience; perseverance
    • 自我 じが Listen ego; self; ego
    • 怪我 けが Listen injury; wound; mistake
    • 我儘 わがまま Listen selfish; egoist

  • Four-character idioms with 我

    • 無我夢中 むがむちゅう Listen losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
    • 唯我独尊 ゆいがどくそん Listen throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one; self-conceit; self-centeredness
    • 如是我聞 にょぜがもん Listen thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard
    • 強情我慢 ごうじょうがまん Listen obstinate and self-assertive
    • 我武者羅 がむしゃら Listen reckless; daredevil; frantic
    • 我田引水 がでんいんすい Listen seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field

  • Tattoo check: 我

    • Verified meaning: self, I
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: stubborn

    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.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ego; I; selfish; our; oneself

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    our, us, i, me, my, we

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    I; me; my

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    I, me, my; our, us

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

    Self-reference. | Referring to one's own country as 我. (Spring and Autumn Annals) "We entered Beng." Spring and Autumn is Lu's history, so Lu is called 我. | A term of intimacy. (Analects) "I privately compare myself to our old Peng." In today's letters, 我兄, 我哥 have this meaning. | Selfishness. (Analects) "No stubbornness, no ego." Like today's "my opinion."

  • Onyomi

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    ga(ガ) ガ

  • Kunyomi

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    wa(わ) わ

    waga(わ-が) わ-が

    ware(われ) われ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    戈 (hokozukuri・hokogamae・hoko・kanohoko)

  • Related Keywords

    self stubborn I ego personal oneself

Sentences including 我

  • We stood face to face.

  • I cannot put up with all that noise.

  • We looked for it here and there.

  • We regret his death.

  • He got hurt when he fell down.

  • We saw the lady carried away to the hospital.

  • The day is ours without doubt.

  • We should always keep our promise.

  • John can't bear the noise.

  • He lives next door to us.

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