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我 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「戈」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「戈」
On
ガが · ga
Kun
われ・わware · wa
Meaning
I; myself; ego

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A weapon with a jagged blade; later borrowed for the word meaning oneself — hence "I, my."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガがga我流がりゅう彼我ひが自我じが
Kunわれware我われ我々われわれ我らわれら
Kunわwa我が国わがくに

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 我々われわれ

    we; us

  • 自我じが

    the self; ego

More words with this kanji

  • 怪我けが
  • 痩せ我慢やせがまん
  • 我儘わがまま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

我々(われわれ)は同(おな)じ組(くみ)の仲間(なかま)だ。

We are members of the same class.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

自我我自self戈halber…戉a batt…戊fifth…戎weapon…戍to gua…牙tusk瓦roof…伽attend…画pictur…芽sprout
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 戈Map of reading ガAll maps

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