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我

I
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingガ
Kun readingわれ、わ
JōyōGrade 6Level 26

Verbs with «我»

我慢する
  1. me
  2. oneself
  3. you
  4. prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

Popular Usage

我慢怪我

Radicals and components

Radical戈halberd
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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hand (手) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 690

Compound words

我慢がまん
endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something); self-control
怪我けが
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
我が君わがきみ
my lord
我慢するがまんする
to endure
我儘わがまま
selfish; egoist; self-indulgent; wilful; willful
自我じが
ego; self; ego
無我むが
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman
我がわが
my; our; one's own
我らわれら
we; us; I; me; you
我々われわれ
we
我が家わがや
one's house; one's home; one's family
我れわれ
I
我執がしゅう
egotism
我情がじょう
selfishness
我身わがみ
myself
我党わがとう
my party
我妹わぎも
my love
我侭わがまま
selfish
我慾がよく
selfishness
我欲がよく
selfishness
我儕わなみ
I
我が身わがみ
myself
我が党わがとう
my party
我が侭わがまま
selfish

Kun Reading Examples

我が家の大きな土地を子供たちのために公平に区分する。わがや
We will divide the large area of family land equally between our children.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は忘我の境をさまよっている。
He is wandering around in a trance.tatoeba
彼は膝の怪我のため、大事をとってトーナメントには出場しないことにした。
He decided to play it safe and pull out of the tournament due to his injured knee.tatoeba
彼は秘密を我々から隠そうとした。
He tried to keep the secret back from us.tatoeba
彼は反対されるのが我慢できない。
He is intolerant of opposition.tatoeba
大小便を我慢する
One holds it in.wiki
性格は生真面目で我慢強い。
Lady Akashi has a very serious and patient character.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

I, self. A hand holding a halberd (戈) — someone defending themselves. 我々 — we.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 我

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