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Stroke order
Stroke order
Stroke order (Taiwan)
Han character
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我 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈 +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手戈 (HQI ), four-corner 23550 , composition ⿻𠂌 戈 )
Derived characters
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俄 , 哦 , 娥 , 峨 , 㧴 , 涐 , 𫠰 , 𣇕 , 𬚾 , 𪲘 , 𤘋 , 珴 , 𫨎 , 𤯫 , 皒 , 睋 , 硪 , 䄉 , 𬓬 , 𬚚 , 𫇇 , 𦩆 , 蛾 , 𧚄 , 𪱤 , 𬻪 , 誐 , 𧶕 , 䞲 , 𨁟 , 𨉐 , 鋨 (锇 ), 𭔒 , 𭭯 , 餓 (饿 ), 𭧦 , 騀 , 𩷦 , 䳘 , 𤄣 , 𪘐
𬪂 , 𨿍 , 𡦛 , 𢧲 , 𩒰 , 𩣣 , 鵝 (鹅 ), 𠩙 , 𡱫 , 峩 , 莪 , 𬕆 , 義 , 𡻍 , 𩭝 , 𦾒 , 𡽥 , 䳗 , 𪭗 , 𫪋 , 𬐡 , 䖸 , 𩣨 , 鵞 , 𧒎 , 𢐯 , 𢐱 , 𦏡 , 𥪺 Descendants
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References
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Kangxi Dictionary: page 412 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11545
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1401, character 2
Unihan data for U+6211 Further reading
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
莪
*ŋaːl
哦
*ŋaːl
娥
*ŋaːl
峨
*ŋaːl
峩
*ŋaːl
鵝
*ŋaːl
俄
*ŋaːl
蛾
*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋
*ŋaːl
涐
*ŋaːl
誐
*ŋaːl
硪
*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我
*ŋaːlʔ
騀
*ŋaːlʔ
餓
*ŋaːls
義
*ŋrals
儀
*ŋral
轙
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻
*ŋralʔ
艤
*ŋralʔ
礒
*ŋralʔ
羛
*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議
*ŋrals
犧
*hŋral
曦
*hŋral
羲
*hŋral
A pictogram (象形 ) of a rake -like tool or weapon (note the oracle bone script form); Guo Moruo considers it to be the original character for 錡 (OC *ɡral , “a kind of axe or chisel ”). Jao & Zeng (1985, pp. 289–290) conjecture about its similarity to a kind of three-bladed polearm found at archaeological sites; cf. 戈 ( gē , “ polearm with one blade ” ) . It was already borrowed for sound to mean "I" (in the sense of "first-person subject") since the oracle bone script.
Folk etymology considers it to be an ideograph of a hand (手 ( shǒu ) ) holding a weapon (戈 ( gē ) ) to protect oneself .
Some have suggested a contrast with 爾 / 尔 ( ěr ) , interpreting the latter as a weapon with tip pointing outward. ( Can this (+ ) etymology be sourced ?)
Etymology
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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka . Cognate with 吾 (OC *ŋaː ), Burmese ငါ ( nga , “ I ” ) , Hakka 𠊎 ( ngài ) . The expected Mandarin pronunciation is ě (now only found in a few Northern dialects); wǒ is "a col[loquial] archaism" (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : wǒ , ě (wo3 , e3 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄨㄛˇ, ㄜˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : ngo3
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : вә (və, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : ngo5
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : ngoi1 , ngo4 , ngoi4
Gan (Wiktionary ) : ngo3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : ngô
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : ngo1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : ghe2
Northern Min (KCR ) : uòi / nguòi
Eastern Min (BUC ) : nguāi / ngō̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : góa / óa / ngó͘
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : ua2 / ngo2
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : ngo3
Note :
ngoi1 - vernacular (“I; my”);
ngo4 - literary (“I”);
ngoi4 - “we; our”.
Gan
Hakka
Jin
Northern Min
Note :
uòi - vernacular;
nguòi - literary.
Eastern Min
Note :
nguāi - vernacular;
ngō̤ - literary.
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese , Singapore , Jinjiang , Philippines )
(Hokkien : Penang , Singapore )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese )
Note :
góa/óa - vernacular;
ngó͘ - literary.
Note :
ua2 - vernacular;
ngo2 - literary.
Wu
Note :
(Shanghainese) 6 wu - common among younger speakers;
(Suzhounese) 1 ngou - literary.
Xiang
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
我
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
wǒ
Middle Chinese
‹ ngaX ›
Old Chinese
/*ŋˁajʔ/
English
we, I
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
我
Reading #
1/1
No.
13041
Phonetic component
我
Rime group
歌
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
我
Old Chinese
/*ŋaːlʔ/
Notes
甲 金 文 象 兵 器 ,周 原 卜 辭 :王 以 我 枚 單 (殫 )兕
Definitions
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我
I ; me ; my
認識 你 我 真 高興 。/ 认识 你 我 真 高兴 。 ― Rènshí nǐ wǒ zhēn gāoxìng. ― I am pleased to meet you.
我 哥哥 每日 返工 都 遲到 。 [Cantonese , trad. ] 我 哥哥 每日 返工 都 迟到 。 [Cantonese , simp. ] ngo5 go1-4 go1 mui5 jat6 faan1 gung1 dou1 ci4 dou3 . [Jyutping] My brother is late for work every day.
今朝 公司 有 事體 ,我 先 走 了 。 [Shanghainese , trad. ] 今朝 公司 有 事体 ,我 先 走 了 。 [Shanghainese , simp. ] 1 cin-tsau 1 kon-sy 6 yeu 6 zy-thi 6 ngu 1 shi 5 tseu-leq [Wugniu ] Today I have things to do in the company, (so) I' m leaving early (lit. ahead).
( literary , formal or dialectal ) we ; us ; our
我 國/ 我 国 ― wǒ guó ― our country
我 市 ― wǒ shì ― our city
( obsolete ) to stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
( obsolete ) to kill
( obsolete ) tilted
a surname Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
我 (“I”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
吾 , 我 , 余 , 予 , 台 , 朕 for emperors , 臣 , 愚 humble
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
我 , 本人 humble , 在下 humble
Mandarin
Beijing
我
Taiwan
我
Tianjin
我
Langfang
我
Chengde
我
Tangshan
我
Cangzhou
我 , 俺
Baoding
我
Shijiazhuang
我 , 俺
Ulanhot
我
Tongliao
我
Chifeng
我 , 咱
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
我
Heihe
我 , 俺
Qiqihar
我 , 俺
Harbin
我 , 俺
Jiamusi
我 , 俺 , 咱
Baicheng
我
Changchun
我
Tonghua
我 , 咱
Shenyang
我
Dandong
我 , 俺
Jinzhou
我
Dalian
我
Yantai
我 , 俺
Yantai (Muping)
我 , 俺
Qingdao
我 , 俺
Lijin
我 , 俺
Weifang (Weicheng)
我 , 俺
Weifang (Fangzi)
我 , 俺
Weifang (Hanting)
我 , 俺
Changyi
我 , 俺
Gaomi
我 , 俺
Zhucheng
我 , 俺
Anqiu
我 , 俺
Changle
我 , 俺
Linqu
我 , 俺
Qingzhou
俺
Shouguang
我 , 俺
Rizhao
我 , 俺
Wulian
我 , 俺
Jinan
我 , 俺
Jining
我 , 俺
Luoyang
我 , 俺
Wanrong
我 , 俺
Shangqiu
我 , 俺
Yuanyang
我 , 俺
Zhengzhou
我 , 俺
Kaifeng
我 , 俺
Lingbao
我
Xinyang
我
Ankang
我
Baihe
我
Ziyang
我
Hanzhong
我
Xi'an
我 , 俺 †
Baoji
我
Yinchuan
我
Tongxin
我
Zhongwei
我
Guyuan
我
Tianshui
我
Lanzhou
我
Dunhuang
我
Xining
我
Hami
我
Ürümqi
我
Yanqi
我
Wuhan
我
Huanggang
我
Yichang
我
Xiangyang
我
Tianmen
我
Hong'an
我
Chengdu
我
Chengdu (Xindu)
我
Nanchong
我
Nanbu
我
Dazhou
我
Hanyuan
我
Xichang
我
Zigong
我
Chongqing
我
Lhasa
我
Guiyang
我
Zunyi
我
Bijie
我
Liping
我
Zhaotong
我
Dali
我
Kunming
我
Mengzi
我
Guilin
我
Guilin (Lingui)
我
Guanyang
我
Lipu
我
Pingle
我
Yangshuo
我
Liuzhou
我
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
我
Nanning (Fujian)
我
Nanning (Wuming)
我
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
我
Binyang (Nanjie)
我
Shanglin (Sanli)
我
Yizhou
我
Qinzhou (Longmengang)
我
Jishou
我
Changde
我 , 頑 , 俺
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
我
Anqing
我
Xuzhou
我 , 俺 , 咱
Xuzhou (Jiawang)
俺 , 我
Pizhou
俺 , 我
Suining
我
Xinyi
我 , 俺
Fengxian
我 , 俺
Suqian
俺
Ganyu
我 , 俺
Fuyang
我 , 俺
Wuhu
我
Yangzhou
我
Jiangdu
我
Baoying
我
Gaoyou
我
Yizheng
我
Lianyungang
我 , 俺
Donghai
我 , 俺
Guanyun
我
Guannan
我 , 呣
Huai'an (Huaiyin)
我
Huai'an (Hongze)
我
Lianshui
我
Xuyi
我
Jinhu
我
Xinghua
我
Nanjing
我
Hefei
我
Bengbu
我 , 俺
Chuzhou
我
Nantong
我
Rugao
我
Rudong
我
Hai'an
我
Yancheng
我
Dongtai
我
Sheyang
我
Funing
我
Jianhu
我
Xiangshui
我
Shuyang
我
Sihong
我 , 俺
Taizhou
我
Taixing
我
Jiangyan
我
Jingjiang (Dongxing)
我
Zhenjiang
我
Jurong
我
Malaysia
我
Singapore
我
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
我
Dagudi (Maliba)
我
Reshuitang (Longling)
我
Mae Salong (Lancang)
我
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
我
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
我
Cantonese
Guangzhou
我
Hong Kong
我
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
我
Macau
我
Guangzhou (Panyu)
我
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
我
Guangzhou (Conghua)
我
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
我
Foshan
我
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
我
Foshan (Shunde)
我
Foshan (Sanshui)
我
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
我
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
我
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
我
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
我
Zhuhai (Doumen)
我
Jiangmen (Baisha)
𠊎
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
我
Taishan
我
Kaiping (Chikan)
我
Enping (Niujiang)
我
Heshan (Yayao)
我
Dongguan
我
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
我
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
我
Qingyuan
我
Fogang
我
Yingde (Hanguang)
我
Yangshan
我
Lianshan (Butian)
我
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
我
Shaoguan
我
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
我
Renhua
我
Lechang
我
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
我
Sihui
我
Guangning
我
Deqing
我
Huaiji
我
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
儂
Yunfu
我 , 儂
Xinxing
我
Luoding
我
Yunan (Pingtai)
我
Yangjiang
我
Xinyi
我
Maoming (Xinpo)
我
Lianjiang
我
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
我
Nanning
我
Wuzhou
我
Yulin
我
Hepu (Lianzhou)
我
Hepu (Shatian)
我
Guiping
我
Mengshan (Xihe)
我
Guigang (Nanjiang)
我
Beiliu
我
Baise
我
Bobai
我
Lingshan
我
Pubei
我
Qinzhou
我
Beihai
我
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
我
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
我
Ningming
我
Hengzhou
我
Hezhou (Pumen)
儂
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
我
Danzhou
我
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
我
Penang (Guangfu)
我
Singapore (Guangfu)
我
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
我
Móng Cái
我
Gan
Nanchang
我
Nanchang (Wangcheng)
我
Anyi
我仂
Lushan
我
Pengze
我
Duchang
我 , 我濃
Wuning (Quankou)
我
Poyang
我
Yugan
阿 , 我郎
Wannian
阿
Hengfeng
阿 , 阿仂
Yanshan
阿 , 阿仂
Leping
阿
Yichun
我
Yifeng
阿
Gao'an
我
Fengxin
我
Shanggao
我
Wanzai
我
Fengcheng
我
Xinyu
阿 , 我
Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
我
Fuzhou (Dongxiang)
阿仂
Nancheng
阿
Nanfeng
阿仂 , 阿
Yihuang
我
Lichuan
我 , 阿
Chongren
我
Pingxiang
巷
Lianhua
我
Ji'an
阿 , 我
Yongfeng
我
Taihe
我
Xiajiang
我
Yongxin
我
Yingtan (Yujiang)
阿
Guixi
阿 , 阿仂
Jianning
我
Jinxian
我
Jinxi
阿
Le'an
我
Guangchang
阿
Anfu
我
Suichuan
𠊎
Wan'an
𠊎
Jing'an
我
Zhangshu
我
Xingan
我
Fenyi
我
Hakka
Meixian
𠊎
Xingning
𠊎
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
我
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
我
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
我
Huiyang
𠊎
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
我
Huidong (Daling)
𠊎
Dongguan (Qingxi)
𠊎
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
我
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
我
Boluo (Bendihua)
我
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
𠊎
Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
𠊎
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
𠊎
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
𠊎
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
𠊎
Wuhua (Huacheng)
𠊎
Wuhua (Changbu)
𠊎
Wuhua (Mianyang)
𠊎
Wuhua (Meilin)
𠊎
Heyuan (Bendihua)
我
Zijin
我
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
我
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
我
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
我
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
我
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
我
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
我
Wengyuan
𠊎
Nanxiong (Zhuji)
𠊎
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
𠊎
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
我
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
我
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
𠊎
Liannan
𠊎
Conghua (Lütian)
𠊎
Jiexi
𠊎
Luhe
𠊎
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
𠊎
Changting
𠊎
Shanghang
𠊎
Yongding
𠊎
Wuping
𠊎
Wuping (Yanqian)
𠊎
Wuping (Pingyu)
𠊎
Liancheng
𠊎
Ninghua
𠊎
Qingliu
𠊎
Yudu
𠊎
Ningdu
𠊎
Ruijin
𠊎
Shicheng
𠊎
Shangyou (Shexi)
𠊎
Tonggu (Sandu)
𠊎
Ganzhou (Panlong)
𠊎
Dayu
𠊎
Dingnan
𠊎
Longnan
𠊎
Xunwu
𠊎
Huichang
𠊎
Nankang
𠊎
Chongyi
𠊎
Xingguo
𠊎
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
𠊎
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
𠊎
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
𠊎
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
𠊎
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
𠊎
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
𠊎
Hong Kong
𠊎
Yangxi (Tangkou)
𠊎
Yangchun (Sanjia)
𠊎
Xinyi (Sihe)
𠊎
Xinyi (Qianpai)
𠊎
Gaozhou (Xindong)
𠊎
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
𠊎
Huazhou (Xin'an)
𠊎
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
𠊎
Lianjiang (Qingping)
𠊎
Mengshan (Xihe)
𠊎
Luchuan
𠊎
Luchuan (Daqiao)
𠊎
Bobai (Shahe)
𠊎
Bobai (Longtan)
𠊎
Bobai (Lingping)
𠊎
Bobai (Lingjiao)
𠊎
Beiliu (Tang'an)
𠊎
Mashan (Pianlian)
我
Sabah (Longchuan)
𠊎 , 我
Senai (Huiyang)
𠊎
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
𠊎
Singkawang
𠊎
Singapore (Dabu)
𠊎
Bangkok (Meixian)
𠊎
Huizhou
Jixi
我
Shexian
我 , 阿
Wuyuan
我
Fuliang
我
Dexing
我
Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
我
Jiande (Meicheng)
黨 , 卬
Jiande (Shouchang)
我 , 我儂
Jin
Taiyuan
我 , 俺 †, used only by females
Yangyuan
我 , 俺
Datong
我
Xinzhou
我 , 俺
Lishi
我 , 俺
Linfen
我
Changzhi
我
Linhe
我
Jining
我 , 俺
Hohhot
我 , 俺
Erenhot
我 , 俺
Pingshan
我 , 俺
Zhangjiakou
我
Handan
我 , 俺
Linzhou
我 , 俺
Suide
我
Northern Min
Jian'ou
我 , 俺
Songxi
我
Zhenghe
我
Jianyang
我
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
我 , 奴
Changle
我
Lianjiang
我
Fuqing
我
Pingtan
我
Yongtai
我
Minqing
我
Gutian
我
Pingnan
我
Luoyuan
我
Fu'an
我
Ningde
我
Xiapu
我
Zherong
我
Shouning
我
Zhouning
我
Fuding
我
Taishun
我
Cangnan
我
Singapore (Fuqing)
我
Sitiawan (Gutian)
我
Southern Min
Xiamen
我 , 阮 , 遮人 , 遮的人
Xiamen (Tong'an)
我
Quanzhou
我 , 阮
Jinjiang
我
Nan'an
我
Shishi
我
Hui'an
我
Anxi
我
Yongchun
我
Dehua
我
Zhangzhou
我 , 阮 , 遮人 , 遮的人
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
我
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
我
Hua'an
我
Nanjing
我
Pinghe
我
Zhangpu
我
Yunxiao
我
Zhao'an
我
Dongshan
我
Taipei
我 , 阮 GT
Taipei (Wanhua)
我
New Taipei (Tamsui)
我
New Taipei (Sanxia)
我
New Taipei (Pingxi)
我
Kaohsiung
我
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
我
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
我
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
我
Yilan
我
Changhua (Lukang)
我
Taichung
我
Taichung (Wuqi)
我
Tainan
我
Taitung
我
Hsinchu
我
Kinmen
我
Penghu (Magong)
我
Penang (Hokkien)
我
Singapore (Hokkien)
我
Manila (Hokkien)
我
Longyan
我
Zhangping
我
Datian
我
Shunchang (Pushang)
我
Pingnan (Shangdu)
我
Guilin (Biyange)
我
Cangnan
我
Chaozhou
我
Shantou
我
Shantou (Chenghai)
我
Shantou (Chaoyang)
我
Jieyang
我
Haifeng
我
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
我
Singapore (Teochew)
我
Batam (Teochew)
我
Pontianak (Teochew)
我
Wenchang
我 , 儂 polite/humble
Haikou
我
Singapore (Hainanese)
我 , 儂 polite/humble
Puxian Min
Putian
我
Xianyou
我
Central Min
Yong'an
我
Shaxian
我
Yanping (Wangtai)
我
Shaojiang Min
Shaowu
伉
Guangze
伉
Jiangle
我
Mingxi
我
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
我
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
我
Shehua
Jingning
我
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
我
Wu
Shanghai
我 , 阿拉
Shanghai (Chongming)
我
Shanghai (Jiading)
唔 , 唔儂
Shanghai (Songjiang)
我儂
Suzhou
我 , 奴
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
吾 , 吾奴
Wuxi
我
Changshu
我
Haimen
我
Jiaxing
我奴
Jiashan
我奴 , 我
Pinghu
我奴 , 我
Haining (Yanguan)
我
Tongxiang
我
Haiyan
我 , 活儂 , 活奴
Changzhou
我
Danyang
我
Gaochun
我
Huzhou
是我
Changxing
我 , 是我
Anji (Ancheng)
我
Deqing
我
Hangzhou
我
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
我 , 是我
Hangzhou (Lin'an)
我 , 是我 , 什我
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
我 , 是我
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
我
Tonglu
我 , 是我
Tonglu (Wusheng)
我
Shaoxing
我
Zhuji
我
Shengzhou
我
Xinchang
我
Ningbo
我 , 我儂 , 像我
Zhenhai
我
Fenghua
我
Yuyao
我
Cixi
我
Xiangshan
我 , 像我
Zhoushan
伢
Huangyan
我
Tiantai
我
Xianju
我
Sanmen
我
Linhai
我
Wenling
我俚
Wenzhou
我
Yueqing
我
Yongjia (Fenglin)
我
Rui'an
我
Pingyang
我
Taishun
我
Wencheng
我
Lishui
我
Qingtian
我
Jinyun
我 , 動我
Wuyi (Liucheng)
我
Songyang (Xiping)
我
Yunhe
我
Jingning
我
Qingyuan
我
Longquan
我
Quzhou
我
Suichang
我 , 我儂
Jiangshan
我
Changshan
我
Kaihua
我 , 我儂
Longyou
我 , 我儂
Jinhua
我 , 我儂
Jinhua (Tangxi)
我 , 我儂
Yiwu
我
Yongkang
我
Pujiang
我
Dongyang
我
Wuyi
我 , 我儂
Lanxi
我 , 我儂
Shangrao
阿儂
Shangrao (Guangfeng)
阿
Yushan
阿 , 儂
Xiang
Changsha
我
Loudi
我
Shuangfeng
我 , 卬
Quanzhou
我
Note
† - as an attributive, used without 的; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
Dialectal synonyms of
我們 (“we; us (
exclusive or no distinction of clusivity )”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
我 , 吾儕 , 吾等 , 我等 , 吾曹 , 我曹 , 我輩 , 吾輩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
我們
Mandarin
Beijing
我們 , 姆們
Taiwan
我們
Tianjin
我們
Chengde
我們
Tangshan
我們
Cangzhou
我們 , 俺們
Baoding
我們 , 俺們
Shijiazhuang
俺們
Ulanhot
俺們
Tongliao
俺們
Chifeng
我們
Bayanhot
我們
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
我們
Heihe
我們 , 俺們
Qiqihar
我們 , 俺們
Harbin
我們 , 俺們
Jiamusi
我們 , 俺們
Baicheng
我們 , 俺們
Changchun
我們 , 俺們
Tonghua
我們 , 俺們
Shenyang
我們 , 俺們
Dandong
我們 , 俺 , 俺們
Jinzhou
我們
Dalian
我們
Yantai
我們 , 俺
Yantai (Muping)
俺
Qingdao
我們 , 俺
Lijin
我們 , 俺
Zhucheng
我們 , 俺 , 俺們
Jinan
我們 , 俺們 , 俺 , 俺這夥
Jining
俺
Luoyang
我們 , 俺們 , 俺
Wanrong
我的 , 我
Shangqiu
我們 , 俺 , 俺們
Yuanyang
我們 , 俺
Zhengzhou
俺 , 我們 literary
Lingbao
我
Xinyang
我們
Baihe
我們
Hanzhong
我們
Xi'an
俺的 , 俺 , 我的 , 我 , 我們
Dingbian
我們
Baoji
我們 , 我的 , 𠊎的
Yinchuan
我們 , 卬們 , 阿們
Tianshui
我們 , 我的
Lanzhou
我們
Dunhuang
我們
Xining
我們
Hami
我們
Ürümqi
我們
Wuhan
我們
Huanggang
我家
Xiangyang
我們
Tianmen
我們
Hong'an
我們 , 我家
Chengdu
我們
Nanchong
我們
Dazhou
我們
Hanyuan
我們
Xichang
我們
Zigong
我們
Chongqing
我們
Guiyang
我們
Zunyi
我們
Bijie
我們
Zhaotong
我們
Dali
我們
Kunming
我們
Mengzi
我們兒
Guilin
我們
Liuzhou
我們
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
我哋
Nanning (Wuming)
我們
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
我們
Binyang (Nanjie)
我們
Jishou
我們
Changde
我們
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
我們
Anqing
我們
Xuzhou
俺 , 我們
Fuyang
我們 , 俺們 , 俺幾個
Wuhu
我們
Yangzhou
我們 , 們 , 我輩兒
Lianyungang
我們
Lianshui
我們
Nanjing
我們
Hefei
我們
Nantong
我恁 , 我倈
Malaysia
我們
Singapore
我們
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
我們
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
我們
Cantonese
Guangzhou
我哋
Hong Kong
我哋
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
我哋
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
我哋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
我哋
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
我俚
Macau
我哋
Guangzhou (Panyu)
我哋
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
我哋
Guangzhou (Conghua)
我啲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
我班人
Foshan
我哋
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
我哋
Foshan (Shunde)
我哋
Foshan (Sanshui)
我哋
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
我哋
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
我哋
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
我哋
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
我哋
Zhuhai (Doumen)
偔
Jiangmen (Baisha)
偔
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
偔
Taishan
我
Kaiping (Chikan)
我
Enping (Niujiang)
我喊齊
Heshan (Yayao)
我
Dongguan
我哋
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
我哋
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
我哋
Shaoguan
我哋
Yunfu
我哋
Yangjiang
偔
Xinyi
我哋
Lianjiang
我哋
Nanning
我哋
Wuzhou
我哋
Yulin
我人
Hepu (Lianzhou)
俺
Baise
我哋
Qinzhou
我哋
Beihai
我哋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
我哋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
我哋
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
我哋
Singapore (Guangfu)
我哋
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
我哋
Móng Cái
我哋
Gan
Nanchang
我個俚 , 我等 , 我們
Lichuan
我多
Pingxiang
我俚 , 巷俚
Hakka
Meixian
𠊎等人 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎儕
Xingning
𠊎兜人
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
我 , 我咧 , 我大家 , 我茶家
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
我 , 我咧
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
我俚
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
我 , 我咧
Huidong (Daling)
𠊎兜人
Dongguan (Qingxi)
吾兜
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
我俚
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
我咧
Boluo (Bendihua)
我 , 我齊家
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
𠊎兜
Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
吾兜 , 𠊎兜
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
吾哋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
吾哋
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
𠊎兜
Wuhua (Huacheng)
𠊎兜
Wuhua (Changbu)
𠊎兜
Wuhua (Mianyang)
𠊎兜
Heyuan (Bendihua)
我咧
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
我俚
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
我咧
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
我 , 我咧
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
我哋
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
我咧
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
我哋
Nanxiong (Zhuji)
𠊎等
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
𠊎俚
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
我根
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
我哋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
阿俚
Liannan
𠊎俚
Conghua (Lütian)
𠊎兜
Jiexi
𠊎兜儕
Changting
𠊎儕們 , 𠊎儕
Wuping
𠊎等人
Wuping (Pingyu)
𠊎等人 , 𠊎兜
Liancheng
𠊎大全
Ninghua
𠊎人 , 𠊎多人
Yudu
𠊎底
Ruijin
𠊎班人
Shicheng
𠊎郎人
Shangyou (Shexi)
𠊎子人
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
𠊎兜 , 𠊎等 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎兜儕 , 𠊎這兜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
𠊎等 , 𠊎等人
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
𠊎兜 , 𠊎等 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎兜儕
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
吾等 , 吾這兜 , 吾這兜人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
𠊎兜 , 𠊎等 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎兜儕
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
𠊎人
Hong Kong
𠊎哋
Luchuan
𠊎俚
Luchuan (Daqiao)
我們
Bobai (Shahe)
𠊎人
Bobai (Longtan)
𠊎大家人
Bobai (Lingping)
𠊎哋 , 𠊎啲人
Bobai (Lingjiao)
𠊎人 , 𠊎兜人
Sabah (Bao'an)
𠊎兜
Sabah (Longchuan)
𠊎兜
Senai (Huiyang)
吾兜
Kuching (Hepo)
我儕
Singkawang
𠊎兜儕
Huizhou
Jixi
我人
Shexian
我人
Tunxi
我人
Xiuning
我人
Yixian
我儂
Qimen
我大家
Wuyuan
俺家 , 刷俺
Dexing
我拉
Jingde
阿啊
Shitai (Xianyu)
我些人
Jin
Taiyuan
我們 , 俺們
Pingyao
我家 , 我家們家 , 我們
Yangyuan
我們
Datong
我們
Xinzhou
我們 , 俺們 , 俺
Lishi
俺們
Linfen
我們 , 我家
Changzhi
我家
Taibus (Baochang)
我們
Linhe
我們
Jining
我們
Hohhot
我們
Baotou
我們
Dongsheng
我們
Haibowan
我們
Erenhot
我們 , 俺們
Pingshan
我們 , 俺們
Zhangjiakou
我們
Handan
我們 , 俺們
Linzhou
我們 , 俺們
Suide
我們
Northern Min
Jian'ou
我人 , 我夥人
Jian'ou (Dikou)
我人
Songxi
俺叢人
Zhenghe
我人
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
我人
Jianyang
我夥人
Wuyishan
我夥人
Pucheng (Shibei)
我人 , 我多人
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
我各儂 , 儂家各儂 , 儂家
Changle
儂家
Fuqing
儂家 , 儂家各儂 , 我各儂
Pingtan
儂家
Yongtai
儂家各儂
Gutian
我各儂
Fu'an
我儕
Ningde
我儕儂 , 我儕
Shouning
我儂
Zhouning
我儕
Fuding
我儂
Matsu
儂家
Singapore (Fuqing)
我各儂
Southern Min
Xiamen
阮
Xiamen (Tong'an)
阮
Quanzhou
阮
Jinjiang
阮
Nan'an
阮
Shishi
阮
Hui'an
阮
Anxi
阮
Yongchun
阮
Dehua
阮
Zhangzhou
阮
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
阮
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
阮
Hua'an
阮
Nanjing
阮
Pinghe
阮
Zhangpu
阮
Yunxiao
阮
Zhao'an
阮
Dongshan
阮
Taipei
阮
New Taipei (Sanxia)
阮
Kaohsiung
阮
Yilan
阮
Changhua (Lukang)
阮
Taichung
阮
Tainan
阮
Hsinchu
阮
Kinmen
阮
Penghu (Magong)
阮
Penang (Hokkien)
我儂
Singapore (Hokkien)
我儂 , 阮 , 阮儂
Manila (Hokkien)
阮
Medan (Hokkien)
我儂
Longyan
我儂
Zhangping
我儂
Zhangping (Yongfu)
我儂
Datian
我夥
Pingnan (Shangdu)
阮儂
Chaozhou
阮
Shantou
阮
Jieyang
阮
Haifeng
阮 , 阮儂
Singapore (Teochew)
阮 , 阮儂
Batam (Teochew)
我儂
Pontianak (Teochew)
我儂
Leizhou
我儂
Wenchang
我儂
Haikou
我儂
Singapore (Hainanese)
我儂
Puxian Min
Putian
我輩
Xianyou
滾 , 我輩
Central Min
Yanping (Wangtai)
我人
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
我哋
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
我哋
Shehua
Fu'an
𠊎人
Fuding
𠊎人
Luoyuan
𠊎人
Sanming
𠊎仔
Shunchang
𠊎個人
Wu
Shanghai
阿拉 , 我伲 dated , 伲 dated
Shanghai (Chongming)
我俚
Suzhou
伲
Wuxi
我俚
Danyang
我己
Hangzhou
我們
Ningbo
阿拉 , 象拉
Wenzhou
我倈
Jinhua
我郎 , 昂
Jinhua (Tangxi)
我道
Xiang
Changsha
我們 , 我屋裡
Xiangtan
我人
Loudi
我俺
Shuangfeng
我俚 , 卬俚
Quanzhou
俺
予 ( Classical ) 余 ( Classical ) 俺 ( dialectal Mandarin ) 僕 / 仆 ( pú ) ( literary, humble ) 區區 / 区区 ( qūqū ) ( literary, humble ) 台 ( Classical ) 吾 ( Classical ) 妾 ( qiè ) ( archaic, humble, use by women ) 孤 ( gū ) ( used by emperor ) 我佬 ( Mainland, internet slang ) 朕 ( zhèn ) ( Classical ) 爺 / 爷 ( yé ) ( colloquial, derogatory or familiar ) 窩 / 窝 ( wō ) ( Mainland, internet slang ) 老子 ( lǎozi ) ( colloquial male )
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Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
Person
Singular
Plural
1st
—
我 (wǒ )
我們 / 我们 (wǒmen )
inclusive
咱們 / 咱们 (zánmen )
2nd
male/indefinite
你 (nǐ )
你們 / 你们 (nǐmen )
female
妳 / 你 (nǐ )
妳們 / 你们 (nǐmen )
deity
祢 (nǐ )
祢們 / 祢们 (nǐmen )
polite
您 (nín )
你們 / 你们 (nǐmen )您們 / 您们 (nínmen )
3rd
male/indefinite
他 (tā )
他們 / 他们 (tāmen )
female
她 (tā )
她們 / 她们 (tāmen )
deity
祂 (tā )
祂們 / 祂们 (tāmen )
animal
牠 / 它 (tā )
牠們 / 它们 (tāmen )
inanimate
它 (tā )
它們 / 它们 (tāmen )
Compounds
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Descendants
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Others :
Wutunhua: nga , ngu
→ Betawi: gua ( via Min Nan )
→ Malay: gua ( via Min Nan )
→ Thai: อั๊ว ( úua ) References
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Japanese
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我
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
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Compounds
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Etymology 1
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From Old Japanese ,[1] as the long form of 我 ( wa ) below.
Compound of 我 ( wa , see below ) + れ ( -re , nominalizing suffix ) .
Pronunciation
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我( われ ) • (ware )
first person singular pronoun : I , me , oneself
(usu. vulgar) second person singular pronoun : you Usage notes
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In modern Japanese, most often encountered in the plural forms 我等 ( warera ) and 我々 ( wareware , “ we , us ” ) . Derived terms
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See also
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a-/wa-“I, we” (first person)
na-/-ma-“you, ye, thou” (second person)
k-“this” (close to speaker)
s-“that” (close to listener)
a-/ka-“that over there” (far from both)
i-/ta-/nani-“who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative)
ono-“oneself” (reflexive)
Person
あ ( a ) あれ ( are ) わ ( wa ) われ ( ware ) まろ ( maro )
な ( na ) なれ ( nare ) なんぢ ( nanji ) まし ( mashi ) いまし ( imashi ) みまし ( mimashi ) きみ ( kimi )
こ ( ko ) これ ( kore )
そ ( so ) それ ( sore )
あ ( a ) あれ ( are ) か ( ka ) かれ ( kare )
た ( ta ) たれ ( tare ) なにがし ( nanigashi )
おの ( ono ) おのれ ( onore )
Thing
こ ( ko ) これ ( kore )
そ ( so ) それ ( sore )
あ ( a ) あれ ( are ) か ( ka ) かれ ( kare )
いづれ ( izure ) なに ( nani )
Location
ここ ( koko )
そこ ( soko )
あしこ ( ashiko ) かしこ ( kashiko )
いづく ( izuku ) いづこ ( izuko ) いどこ ( idoko ) どこ ( doko )
Direction
こち ( kochi ) こなた ( konata )
そち ( sochi ) そなた ( sonata )
あち ( achi ) あなた ( anata ) かなた ( kanata )
いづち ( izuchi ) いづら ( izura ) いづかた ( izukata )
Manner
か ( ka ) かく ( kaku ) かくて ( kakute ) かう ( kō )
さ ( sa ) さて ( sate ) しか ( shika )
いか ( ika )
Time
いつ ( itsu )
Etymology 2
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From Old Japanese 我 ( wa ) .[1]
Pronunciation
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我( わ ) • (wa )
( obsolete or dialect ) first-person personal pronoun : I , me
棟方志功
わ だばゴッホになるwa daba gohho ni naru( Aomori ) I' ll be a GoghUsage notes
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In modern Japanese, most often encountered in fossilized phrases in combination with the Old Japanese possessive particle が ( ga ) , such as 我が儘 ( wagamama , “ selfish ; selfishness ” , literally “ just as I like ” ) or 我が国 ( wagakuni , “ my country , my homeland → Japan ” ) . Derived terms
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See also
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a-/wa-“I, we” (first person)
na-/-ma-“you, ye, thou” (second person)
k-“this” (close to speaker)
s-“that” (close to listener)
a-/ka-“that over there” (far from both)
i-/ta-/nani-“who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative)
ono-“oneself” (reflexive)
Person
あ ( a ) あれ ( are ) わ ( wa ) われ ( ware ) まろ ( maro )
な ( na ) なれ ( nare ) なんぢ ( nanji ) まし ( mashi ) いまし ( imashi ) みまし ( mimashi ) きみ ( kimi )
こ ( ko ) これ ( kore )
そ ( so ) それ ( sore )
あ ( a ) あれ ( are ) か ( ka ) かれ ( kare )
た ( ta ) たれ ( tare ) なにがし ( nanigashi )
おの ( ono ) おのれ ( onore )
Thing
こ ( ko ) これ ( kore )
そ ( so ) それ ( sore )
あ ( a ) あれ ( are ) か ( ka ) かれ ( kare )
いづれ ( izure ) なに ( nani )
Location
ここ ( koko )
そこ ( soko )
あしこ ( ashiko ) かしこ ( kashiko )
いづく ( izuku ) いづこ ( izuko ) いどこ ( idoko ) どこ ( doko )
Direction
こち ( kochi ) こなた ( konata )
そち ( sochi ) そなた ( sonata )
あち ( achi ) あなた ( anata ) かなた ( kanata )
いづち ( izuchi ) いづら ( izura ) いづかた ( izukata )
Manner
か ( ka ) かく ( kaku ) かくて ( kakute ) かう ( kō )
さ ( sa ) さて ( sate ) しか ( shika )
いか ( ika )
Time
いつ ( itsu )
Etymology 3
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For pronunciation and definitions of 我 – see the following entry.
(This term, 我 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 4
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For pronunciation and definitions of 我 – see the following entry.
(This term, 我 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 5
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For pronunciation and definitions of 我 – see the following entry.
(This term, 我 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 6
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From Middle Chinese 我 (MC ngaX ).
The Buddhist senses are a translation of Sanskrit आत्मन् ( ātman , “ self ” ) .
Pronunciation
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我( が ) • (ga )
the ego , self
self-righteousness
( Buddhism ) obstinacy
Antonym: 無我 ( muga )
( Hinduism ) atman
Synonym: アートマン ( ātoman ) Derived terms
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我( が ) • (ga )
self , oneself , myself
egotism , selfishness
( Buddhism ) atman Derived terms
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References
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↑ 1.0 1.1 1988 , 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : NHK Publishing , →ISBN
Okinawan
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Old Japanese
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Alternative forms
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Etymology 1
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From Proto-Japonic *wa .
我 (wa ) (kana わ )
first-person personal pronoun : I , me Quotations
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2
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From 我 ( wa , see above ) + れ ( -re , “ thing ” , nominalizing suffix ) .
我 (ware ) (kana われ )
first-person personal pronoun : I , me , oneself Quotations
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Descendants
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Etymology 3
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Likely a compound of 我 ( wa , see above ) + ろ ( -ro , suffix indicating affection ) .
我 (waro2 ) (kana わろ )
( regional , Southern Eastern Old Japanese ) first person singular pronoun : I , me Quotations
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Etymology 4
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The eastern variant of 我 ( ware ) .[1] Appears to be 我 ( wa ) + ぬ ( nu ) , appearing here not as the negative verb auxiliary but rather as a suffixing element of uncertain meaning. Appears in the Man'yōshū , volume 14 poem 3476.[2]
我 (wanu ) (kana わぬ )
( regional , Northern Eastern Old Japanese ) first person personal pronoun : I , me , oneself Quotations
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Etymology 5
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
我 (a ) (kana あ )
first-person singular pronoun : I , me Quotations
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 6
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From 我 ( a , see above ) + れ ( -re , nominalizing suffix ) .
我 (are ) (kana あれ )
first-person singular pronoun : I , me Quotations
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Descendants
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Vietnamese
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