| Kanji | 我 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ガ |
| Kunyomi | われ、わ、わ.が-、わが- |
| Nanori | あ, あが, か |
| English | ego, I, selfish, our, oneself |
| Examples | 我々(われわれ): we 我が(わが): my; our; one's own 我慢(がまん): patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial 自我(じが): self; the ego 我(われ): (1) I; me (2) oneself (3) you (4) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt 我が儘(わがまま): (1) selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness (2) disobedience (3) whim 怪我(けが): injury (to animate object); hurt |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | 6 |
| Frequency | 829 |
| Components | 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) |
| Number of Strokes | 7 |
| Kanji Radical | 戈 |
| Radical Number | 62 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 仮借 Loan |
| Keyword | ego |
| Koohii Story 1 | Someone with a huge EGO is too good for any romantic partner and as such has nothing but personal "hand fiestas" with himself every night. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Did you hear about the guy who had such a big EGO that he threw a fiesta for his left hand? |
| RTK Index (new) | 690 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_people_general
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