7 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

I, my, our, one's own

Kun'yomi
  • I ②oneself ③prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • わが-
  • あ-
On'yomi
Nanori
  • I ②oneself ③prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • あが

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

われ 74.9%
わが- 9.0%
あ- 7.3%
7.3%
1.4%

Character Breakdown

I, my, our
われ わが- あ- (Kentei Pre-1)
five
ゴ いつ さ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Contained In

Common Words

you (referring to a male)
I am content with what I am (have)
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
you ②myself
putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal
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References

Unicode hex code 543E
JIS X 0208 1-24-67
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 37
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 733
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2407
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3060
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1558
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2132
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 17
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 17
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1393
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 491
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1933
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3379
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2035
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 17
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d4.17
Four corner code 1060.1
De Roo Code 3177