我
I; me; my
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,138 U+6211
How 我 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 扌 holding a weapon 戈
How to remember it
I · Heisig RSH #588
手 hand + fiesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 我 as their sound component
These characters all use 我 (wǒ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 sound component | wǒ | I, me, my; our, us |
| 俄 | é | sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations |
| 鹅 | é | goose |
| 峨 | é | lofty; the name of a mountain |
| 蛾 | é | moth |
| 哦 | ò | oh? really? is that so? |
| 娥 | é | beautiful, pretty; good; surname |
| 皒 | é | white |
| 硪 | wò | a flat stone used as a mortar |
| 莪 | é | mugwort, Artemisia |
| 锇 | é | osmium |
Words containing 我
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三人行,必有我师 | sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī | lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)… |
| 包在我身上 | bāo zài wǒ shēn shang | leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it |
| 三人行,则必有我师 | sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) |
| 对我来说 | duì wǒ lái shuō | as far as I'm concerned |
| 自我意识 | zì wǒ yì shí | self-awareness |
| 自我实现 | zì wǒ shí xiàn | self-actualization (psychology); self-realization |
| 自我防卫 | zì wǒ fáng wèi | self-defense |
| 时不我待 | shí bù wǒ dài | (idiom) time and tide wait for no man |
| 我的世界 | Wǒ de Shì jiè | Minecraft (video game) |
| 在我看来 | zài wǒ kàn lái | in my opinion |
| 我的天 | wǒ de tiān | OMG; my goodness |
| 大我 | dà wǒ | the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self |
| 我人 | wǒ rén | we |
| 我国 | wǒ guó | my country; our country |
| 无我 | wú wǒ | anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") |
| 自我 | zì wǒ | the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego |
| 小我 | xiǎo wǒ | the self; the individual |
| 你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥 | nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo | lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom); fig. you go your way, I'll … |
| 如是我闻 | rú shì wǒ wén | so I have heard (idiom); the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his di… |
| 我方 | wǒ fāng | our side; we |