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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

Kunyomi: われ, わ, わ.が-, わが-

Onyomi: ガ

Composition: 丿 戈 亅

我

Radical

Radical: 戈

Reading: ほこ

Meaning: spear, halberd

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

我流(がりゅう)   one's own style

我欲(がよく)   selfishness

自我(じが)   self, ego

無我(むが)   selflessness

怪我(けが)   injury

我慢する(がまんする)   endure, put up with

我(われ)   I, self, oneself, ego

我々(われわれ)   we

我が家(わがや)   our house, our home

我が国(わがくに)   our country, our land

Onyomi Examples

我 (ガ) obstinacy, atman, the self, the ego

我慢 (ガマン) endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something), self-control, self-restraint

無我 (ムガ) selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation, anatta, anatman, doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls

小我 (ショウガ) the self, the ego

Kunyomi Examples

我 (われ) I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

我々 (われわれ) we

人は人、我は我 (ひとはひと、われはわれ) live and let live, you do you and I'll do me, people are people; I am myself

我 (われ) I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

我が (わが) my, our, one's own

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