Kanji

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.が- わが-

Onyomi:

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ほこ

Meaning: spear, halberd

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

流(がりゅう)   one's own style

欲(がよく)   selfishness

(じが)   self, ego

(むが)   selflessness

(けが)   injury

慢する(がまんする)   endure, put up with

(われ)   I, self, oneself, ego

々(われわれ)   we

が家(わがや)   our house, our home

が国(わがくに)   our country, our land

Onyomi Examples

obstinacy, atman, the self, the ego

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

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

ショウガ the self, the ego

Kunyomi Examples

われ I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

われわれ we

人は人、 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

われ I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

わが my, our, one's own