我 – ego, I, selfish

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#829 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 我 means ego, I, selfish, our, oneself. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガ (ga); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is われ、わ、わ.が-、わが- (ware, wa, waga, waga). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 戈 (no. 62).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガ	ga
Kun’yomi	われ	ware
Kun’yomi	わ	wa
Kun’yomi	わ.が-	waga
Kun’yomi	わが-	waga

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 戈 (Kangxi radical 62). Components: 亅・戈・手.

Words using 我

我慢がまんendurance我々われわれwe我わがmy我われI 自我じがego我がobstinacy

Example sentences

この寒さは我慢出来ないな。

I can't put up with this cold.

Tatoeba #222583

しかし我々は彼なしで続行した。

But we carried on without him.

Tatoeba #216245

我が軍はその王国を襲った。

Our army attacked the kingdom.

Tatoeba #192056

Kanji with the same radical

戦成戒戯或戚

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