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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Alternative spellings 3.1.2 Pronunciation 3.1.3 Pronoun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Alternative spellings 3.2.2 Pronunciation 3.2.3 Pronoun 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Pronunciation 3.3.2 Pronoun 3.4 Etymology 4 3.4.1 Alternative spellings 3.4.2 Pronunciation 3.4.3 Pronoun 3.5 Etymology 5 3.5.1 Alternative spellings 3.5.2 Pronunciation 3.5.3 Pronoun 3.6 Etymology 6 3.6.1 Alternative spellings 3.6.2 Pronunciation 3.6.3 Pronoun 3.6.4 Kanji 3.6.4.1 Readings 3.6.4.2 Compounds 3.7 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Pronoun 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronoun 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Pronoun 8 Wu 8.1 Pronoun 8.2 Pronunciation

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Stroke order

Traditional stroke order Modern stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 扌 (“‘hand’”) + 戈 (“‘halberd, lance’”). To take up arms in self-defence.

Alternatively, the character for a rake-like tool, used as a phonetic element (note oracle bone script form).

[edit] Han character

我 (radical 62 戈+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手戈 (HQI), four-corner 2355₀)

1. our, us, I, me, my, we (Mandarin, Cantonese, Minnan)

[edit] Synonyms

• 吾

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 412, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11545
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1401, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6211

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ŋɔː˩˧/

[edit] Hanzi

我 (jyutping ngo5)

1. I (first person singular)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

The short form of ware.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 吾

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [wa]

[edit] Pronoun

我 (hiragana わ, romaji wa)

1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
   • c. late 9th-mid 10th century: Taketori Monogatari

   「[...]わが丈たち竝ぶまで養ひたてまつりたる我子を、なに人が迎へきこえん。まさに許さんや」と言ひて、[...]

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Kiritsubo)

   かしこき御蔭をば、たのみきこえながら、貶めきずを求め給ふ人はおほく、わがみはかよわく、物はかなきありさまにて、中々なる物思ひをぞし給ふ。

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Utsusemi)

   女どち、のどやかなる夕闇の、道たどたどしげなるまぎれに、わが車にてゐてたてまつる。

[edit] Etymology 2

The long form of wa. Compound of wa and suffix re.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 吾

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ware]

[edit] Pronoun

我 (hiragana われ, romaji ware)

1. first person personal pronoun; I, me, oneself
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3384)

   可都思加能 麻末能手兒奈乎 麻許登可聞 和礼尓余須等布 麻末乃弖胡奈乎

   • c. late 9th-mid 10th century: Taketori Monogatari

   この人々、あるときは竹取を呼び出て「娘を吾にたべ」と、ふし拝み、手をすりのたまへど[...]

   • c. late 9th-mid 10th century: Taketori Monogatari

   「[...]わが丈たち竝ぶまで養ひたてまつりたる我子を、なに人が迎へきこえん。まさに許さんや」と言ひて、「われこそ死なめ」とて[...]

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Utsusemi)

   紀の守のいもうとも、こなたにあるか。われに、垣間見せさせよ

   • 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho

   Vare. ワレ (我) 私. また, おまえ. 本来の正しい言い方ではないが、下賎な者と話したり, 人を軽しめたりする時に用いる.

2. # second person personal pronoun; you
   • 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho (page 679)

   Vare. ワレ (我) 私. また, おまえ. 本来の正しい言い方ではないが、下賎な者と話したり, 人を軽しめたりする時に用いる.

[edit] Etymology 3

Eastern dialect. Cognate with ware.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [wanu]

[edit] Pronoun

我 (hiragana わぬ, romaji wanu)

1. first person personal pronoun; I, me, oneself
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3476)

   宇倍兒奈波 和奴尓故布奈毛 多刀都久能 努賀奈敝由家婆 故布思可流奈母 或本歌末句曰 奴我奈敝由家杼 和奴賀由乃敝波

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4358)

   於保伎美乃 美許等加志古美 伊弖久礼婆 和努等里都伎弖 伊比之古奈波毛

[edit] Etymology 4

/waro₂/ > /waro/. Likely a compound of wa and suffix ro.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 吾

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [waro]

[edit] Pronoun

我 (hiragana わろ, romaji waro)

1. first person personal pronoun; I, me, oneself
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4343)

   和呂多比波 多比等於米保等 已比尓志弖 古米知夜須良牟 和加美可奈志母

[edit] Etymology 5

The short form of are.

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• 吾

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [a]

[edit] Pronoun

我 (hiragana あ, romaji a)

1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3456)

   宇都世美能 夜蘇許登乃敝波 思気久等母 安良蘇比可祢弖 安乎許登奈須那

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3457)

   宇知日佐須 美夜能和我世波 夜麻登女乃 比射麻久其登尓 安乎和須良須奈

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3458)

   奈勢能古夜 等里乃乎加恥志 奈可太乎礼 安乎祢思奈久与 伊久豆君麻弖尓

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3471)

   思麻良久波 祢都追母安良牟乎 伊米能未尓 母登奈見要都追 安乎祢思奈久流

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Yūgao)

   あが君、生き出で給へ。いと、いみじき目な見せ給ひそ

[edit] Etymology 6

The long form of a. Compound of a and suffix re.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 吾

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [are]

[edit] Pronoun

我 (hiragana あれ, romaji are)

1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 5, poem #808)

   多都乃麻乎 阿礼波毛等米牟 阿遠尓与志 奈良乃美夜古迩 許牟比等乃多仁

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3361)

   安思我良能 乎弖毛許乃母尓 佐須和奈乃 可奈流麻之豆美 許呂安礼比毛等久

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 15, poem #3585)

   和伎母故我 之多尓毛伎余等 於久理多流 許呂母能比毛乎 安礼等可米也母

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 17, poem #3932)

   須麻比等乃 海辺都祢佐良受 夜久之保能 可良吉恋乎母 安礼波須流香物

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 18, poem #4058)

   多知婆奈能 登乎能多知婆奈 夜都代尓母 安礼波和須礼自 許乃多知婆奈乎

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4298)

   霜上尓 安良礼多婆之里 伊夜麻之尓 安礼波麻為許牟 年緒奈我久 _古今未詳

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Yume no Ukihashi)

   [...]と、聞こえ動かして、几帳のもとに、おし寄せたてまつりたれば、あれにもあらず、居給へるけはい[...]

[edit] Kanji

我 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: が (ga)
• Kun: われ (ware), わ (wa)

[edit] Compounds

• 我我, 我々
• 我慢
• 我儘, 我が儘
• 我家, 我が家
• 我国, 我が国
• 我輩, 我が輩
• 我利我利

[edit] References

• Doi, Tadao [1603-1604] (1980). Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0008-0021-3.
• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Akiyama Ken (1997). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 17: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0024-0017-4.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki [c. 759] (1999). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240001-8.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki [c. 759] (2002). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man'yōshū 3 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240003-4.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki [c. 759] (2003). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'yōshū 4 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240004-2.
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei [c. 1001-1014] (1958). Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 1 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0006-0014-1.
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei [c. 1001-1014] (1963). Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 5 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0006-0018-4.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

我 (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /uɔ˨˩˦/
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[edit] Pronoun

我 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wǒ)

1. I, me

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[edit] Min Nan

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我 (traditional and simplified, POJ góa)

1. I, me

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[edit] Vietnamese

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我 (ngã, ngả)

1. I, me

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronoun

我 (ngou)

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: ngouˇ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄑㄡˇ