我 = 手 + 戈

我 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ego”. It is built from 手 (hand) and 戈 (spear). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 690. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: ego
RTK frame: 690
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ガ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): われ, わ, わ.が-, わが-
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: эго
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 我 our

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 我

How to find 我 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “spear”. 我 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 我 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.