Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
Kun:
われわ.が-わが-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あが、 か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wo3
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • yo
  • uno mismo
  • ego

Portuguese

  • ego
  • Eu
  • egoísta
  • nosso
  • a si próprio

French

  • ego
  • je
  • moi
  • égoïste
  • notre
  • soi-même
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
833 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
817 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1392 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
200 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
719 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
545 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1302 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1164 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
837 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4362 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2971 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
647 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11545 Morohashi
3548 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 New Nelson (John Haig)
640 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
690 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
380 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
848 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2259 2001 Kanji
0a7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2355.0 Four corner code
1-18-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6211 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
ridicule, laziness
On:
マン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1368 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慢性的 【マンセイテキ】 chronic
  • 慢性 【マンセイ】 chronic (illness)
  • 職務怠慢 【ショクムタイマン】 neglect (dereliction) of duty, negligence
  • 暴慢 【ボウマン】 ill-mannered, overbearing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
man4
Korean:
man

Spanish

  • pavonearse
  • estar orgulloso
  • holgazanear
  • vaguear
  • desatender
  • descuidar

Portuguese

  • ridículo
  • preguiçoso

French

  • vanité
  • paresse
  • ridicule
1837 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1438 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1755 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1289 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1314 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1410 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1499 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
653 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
829 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
844 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
837 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11110X Morohashi
686 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1968 New Nelson (John Haig)
829 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
892 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1705 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1167 2001 Kanji
4k11.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
9604.7 Four corner code
1-43-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6162 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete
Parts:
Variants:
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Kun:
くら.べる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
  • 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
  • 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ぴっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3, bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • comparación
  • proporción
  • relación
  • Filipinas
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • comparar
  • corrida
  • razão
  • Phillipines

French

  • comparer
  • compétition
  • proportion
  • Philippines
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
792 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
771 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2470 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
29 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16743 Morohashi
26 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3010 New Nelson (John Haig)
447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
2m3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2171.0 Four corner code
2111.0 Four corner code
1-40-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd4 Unicode hex code