我 — ego, i, selfish

われ我 ego

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+6211 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #829 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #690 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

ego
i
selfish
our
oneself

word

われ ware Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

我(われ) ware I 我(われ) 々 wareware we 我(われ) ら warera we

か・が ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

自(じ) 我(が) jiga ego 我(が) 慢(まん) gaman patience 怪(け) 我(が) kega injury

わ wa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

我(わ) が国(くに) wagakuni our country 我(わ) が家(や) wagaya our house 我(わ) が waga my

Appears in idioms

我田引水四字熟語

ego, rice field, pull, water

無我夢中四字熟語

nothingness, ego, dream, middle

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Components

Composed of

丿 slash

戈 halberd

亅 hook

Used as component in (2)

ぎ義 righteousness が餓 starve

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我 — ego, i, selfish

Meanings

word

われ ware Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

か・が ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

わ wa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

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我 — ego, i, selfish

Meanings

word

われ ware Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

か ・が ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

わ wa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (2)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

か・が ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).