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吾

I
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingゴ
Kun readingわれ、わが-、あ-
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. 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
  2. my
  3. our
  4. one's own
  1. me
  2. oneself
  3. you
  4. prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
How it's built
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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

吾がわが
my
吾れわれ
I
吾妻あずま
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)
吾子あこ
my child
吾人ごじん
we
吾嬬あずま
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)
吾妹わぎも
my love
吾儕わなみ
I
吾妹子わぎもこ
my love
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