| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- yo
- uno mismo
- ego
Portuguese
- ego
- Eu
- egoísta
- nosso
- a si próprio
French
- ego
- je
- moi
- égoïste
- notre
- soi-même
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
902 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欲 【ヨク】 greed, craving, desire, appetite, hunger, avarice, wants
- 欲望 【ヨクボウ】 desire, appetite, lust
- 私欲 【シヨク】 self-interest, selfish desire
- 勤労意欲 【キンロウイヨク】 will to work
Kun reading compounds
- 欲する 【ほっする】 to want, to desire
- 欲しい 【ほしい】 wanting (to have), desiring, wishing for, I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
- 欲しいだけ 【ほしいだけ】 as much as one wants, as many as one wants, all that one wishes for
Readings
- Korean:
- yog
Spanish
- anhelo
- ansia
- deseo
- querer
- desear
Portuguese
- ambicionar
- cobiça
- ambição
- paixão
- desejo
- almejar
French
- désirer
- convoitise
- avidité
- passion
- besoin
| 876 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 997 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 987 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 999 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4461 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 535 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 650 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1127 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1179 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1124 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1122 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1867 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 990 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 800 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16080 | Morohashi |
| 1475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2936 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 792 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 855 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 936 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 8768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b32 | Unicode hex code |