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Kanji Detail for 我 - "self, stubborn, I"

  • Meaning

    我 means "self, stubborn, I."

    1. I - The self; oneself.

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

    3. Stubborn - Willful; obstinate.

  • 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."
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  • We should always keep our promise.

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  • He lives next door to us.

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