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Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 6 - 我

Kanji character Grade 6 我. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 6 - 我
About
ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
Kun: われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-
On: ガ
7 strokes
Radical: spear, halberd 戈
Parts: 亅 戈 手
 
Onyomi
我 【ガ】 obstinacy, atman, the self, the ego
我慢 【ガマン】 endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something), self-control, self-restraint
無我 【ムガ】 selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation, anatta, anatman, doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
小我 【ショウガ】 the self, the ego
 
Kunyomi
我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
我々 【われわれ】 we
人は人、我は我 【ひとはひとわれはわれ】 live and let live, you do you and I'll do me, people are people; I am myself
我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
我が 【わが】 my, our, one's own