# 我 — I

Frequency rank 560 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 掲 (Display), less common than 婚 (Marriage).

- On’yomi: が
- Kun’yomi: われ
- Radical: 戈 Halberd (Kangxi 62)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

The character looks like a hand gripping a pointed weapon — angular strokes slash outward like a fierce ego declaring "I am here" — the raw assertion of the self.

In words:

- 我々 われわれ — we
- 我慢 がまん — patience,endurance,perseverance
- 我がまま わがまま — selfishness;egoism;wilfulness;disobedience;whim

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