吾

I

Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingゴ

Kun readingわれ、わが-、あ-

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

iRtK
頑張るのよ省吾、あなたなら出来るわ。Come on, Shougo. You can do it.tatoeba
私は学校で日本文学の英語訳、特に漱石の『吾輩は猫である』や『心』、芥川の『鼻』や『河童』を楽しく読んだ。At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.tatoeba
my
our
one's own

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth 囗variant

Components

How it's built

吾

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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five (五) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 17

Compound words

I

吾妻あずま

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)

吾人ごじん

吾嬬あずま

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)

吾妹わぎも

吾儕わなみ

I

吾妹子わぎもこ

吾亦紅われもこう

great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)

吾木香われもこう

great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)

吾妻山薊あずまやまあざみ

Azumayama thistle

Additional Examples

頑張るのよ省吾、あなたなら出来るわ。

Come on, Shougo. You can do it.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 吾

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step