Kanji N1

我: ego, I, selfish

我 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning ego, I, selfish, written with 7 strokes. It is read ガ (on) and われ, わ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 我々 (われわれ, we) and 我慢 (がまん, endurance).

我

Meanings

  • ego
  • I
  • selfish
  • our
  • oneself
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#829 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ガ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • われ
  • わ
  • わが-
  • わが-

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 我

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 我々われわれ

    we

    JLPT N3
  • 我慢がまん

    endurance; patience; perseverance

    JLPT N3
  • 自我じが

    ego

    JLPT N1
  • 怪我けが

    injury; wound

    JLPT N4
  • 我儘わがまま

    selfish; egoist

    JLPT N3
  • 我がわが

    my; our; one's own

  • 我われ

    I; me

  • 我が家わがや

    one's house; one's home; one's family

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.