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I

HSK 1 N1
Human →Relations
wǒ
ガ
われ、わ、わ.が-、わが-
아
Pictograph of a weapon with a forked blade and long handle. The meaning "I; me" is a phonetic loan.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
我
Regular
Modern
Chinese
我 [wǒ]
I; me; my
Japanese
我 、 吾 われ 、 わ (old) 、 あれ (old) 、 あ (old) 、 わぬ (old) 、 わろ (old) 同音

pronoun

  1. I; me (occ. 和 for わ)
  2. oneself (occ. 和 for わ)
  3. archaic you (occ. 和 for わ)

prefix

  1. archaic prefix indicating familiarity or contempt (occ. 和)
我 が 同音

noun

  1. Buddhism obstinacy
  2. atman; the self; the ego
我が 、 我 、 吾が わが 同音
adj-pn my; our; one's own
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
われに自由を与えよ。しからずんば死を与えよ。
Give me liberty or give me death.
彼も人なり我も人なり。
What man has done, man can do.
我が軍はその王国を襲った。
Our army attacked the kingdom.
CHINESE WORDS (95)
我们 [wǒmen] #9
we
我们 [wǒmen] #9
we
我国 [wǒ​guó] #8,410
our country
自我 [zì​wǒ] #1,429
self-
我方 [wǒ​fāng] #13,828
our side
自我批评 [zì​wǒ​pī​píng] #53,463
self-criticism
自我批评 [zì​wǒ​pī​píng] #53,463
self-criticism
忘我 [wàng​wǒ] #25,408
selflessness
自我介绍 [zì​wǒ​jiè​shào] #19,600
self-introduction
自我介绍 [zì​wǒ​jiè​shào] #19,600
self-introduction
85 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (146)
⭐ 我慢 [がまん] #907
endurance
⭐ 我々 [われわれ] #1,363
we
⭐ 我が [わが] #1,544
my
⭐ 我 [われ] #1,606
I
⭐ 怪我 [けが] #1,845
injury
我に返る [われにかえる] #4,105
to come to one's senses
我ながら [われながら] #5,143
even if I say so myself
⭐ 我が家 [わがや] #5,426
one's house
我らが [われらが] #8,395
our
⭐ 我が国 [わがくに] #8,600
our country
136 more items
KOREAN WORDS (5)
자아 #11,312
ego
무아
selflessness
아전인수
arguing from a self-centered angle
자아실현
self-realization; self-actualization
초자아
superego