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我

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 560 / 2,608

I

On’yomi
が
Kun’yomi
われ
Radical
戈 Halberd (Kangxi 62)

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

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

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 weN3
我慢 がまん patience,endurance,perseveranceN3
我がまま わがまま selfishness;egoism;wilfulness;disobedience;whimN1

我 is rank 560 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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