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Ego Radical Oneself 我 ガ われ、わ、わ.が 、わが あ あが

Kanji
Onyomi
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
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 640

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_people_general

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