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{{character info}}
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==Translingual==
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===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=62|rad=戈|as=03|sn=7|four=23550|canj=HQI|ids=⿻𠂌戈}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[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]]}}
* {{l|mul|[[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====
* {{l|ja|𛀜}} {{q|[[hentaigana|Hentaigana]]}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0412.010|dkj=11545|hdz=21401.020|uh=6211}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:wikidata|Q3594972|我}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|alt=吾-Wu,𠨂,𢦐,𢦓,𢦖,𢦠,𨈟,𩇶}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}

A {{liushu|p|nocap=y}} of a [[trident]]-like weapon or tool (note the oracle bone script form [[𢦐]]). {{zh-ref|Jao & Zeng (1985, pp. 289–290)}} conjecture about its similarity to a kind of three-bladed polearm found at archaeological sites. Cf. {{m|zh|戈|t=polearm}}, which is the same weapon but with a single blade instead of three. It was already borrowed for sound to mean "I" (in the sense of "first-person subject") since the oracle bone script.

{{w|Guo Moruo}} considers it to be the original character for {{och-l|錡|id=1|gloss=a kind of war [[axe]] with three blades or teeth}}.

{{glossary|folk etymology|Folk etymology}} considers it to be an ideograph of a [[hand]] ({{l|zh|手}}) holding a [[weapon]] ({{l|zh|戈}}) to protect [[oneself]].

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*ŋa-j ~ ka}}. Cognate with {{och-l|吾|id=2}}, {{cog|my|sc=Mymr|ငါ|tr=nga|t=I}}, {{cog|hak|sc=Hani|𠊎|tr=ngài}}. The expected Mandarin pronunciation is ''ě'' (now only found in a few Northern dialects); ''wǒ'' is "a col[loquial] archaism" ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=wǒ,ě,1nb=vernacular,1nc=standard,2nb=literary,2nc=rare variant
|m-s=ngo3
|m-x=ngè
|m-nj=ǒ
|dg=вә2
|c=ngo5
|c-dg=ngo5
|c-t=ngoi1,ngo4,ngoi4
|c-t_note=ngoi1 - vernacular (“I; my”); ngo4 - literary (“I”); ngoi4 - “we; our”
|g=ngo3
|h=pfs=ngô;hrs=h:ngoˋ;gd=ngo1
|j=ghe2
|mb=uòi/nguòi
|mb_note=uòi - vernacular; nguòi - literary
|md=nguāi/ngō̤
|md_note=nguāi - vernacular; ngō̤ - literary
|mn=ml,tw,sg,jj,ph:góa/pn,sg:wá/ngó͘
|mn_note=góa/wá - vernacular; ngó͘ - literary
|mn-t=ua2/ngo2
|mn-t_note=ua2 - vernacular; ngo2 - literary
|mn-l=bha2/ngo2
|mn-l_note=bha2 - vernacular; ngo2 - literary
|px=pt,xy:gua3/pt,xy:ngor3
|px_note=gua3 - vernacular; ngor3 - literary
|sp=ngo5
|w=sh:6ngu,6wu;sz:6ngou,1ngou;hz:3ngo
|w_note=(Shanghainese) <sup>6</sup>wu - common among younger speakers; (Suzhounese) <sup>1</sup>ngou - literary
|x=ngo3
|x-l=ng3/nguo3
|x-l_note=ng3 - vernacular; nguo3 - literary
|x-h=ngo3
|mc=y
|oc=y
|ma=y
|ca=LL-Q9186-Justinrleung-我.wav
|mda=Cdo-fzho, 我.ogg
|mna=Taiwanese-The_Consonant_g.ogg
|cat=pron,v,a,pn
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[I]]; [[me]]; [[my]]
#: {{zh-x|認識 你 我 真 高興{xìng}。|'''I''' am pleased to meet you.|tr=Rènshí nǐ '''wǒ''' zhēn gāoxìng.}}
#: {{zh-x|我 哥{go1-4}哥 每日 返工 都 遲到。|'''My''' brother is late for work every day.|C|tr='''ngo5''' go1-4 go1 mui5 jat6 faan1 gung1 dou1 ci4 dou3.}}
#: {{zh-x|今朝 公司 有 事體，我 先 走 了。|tr=sh:1cin tsau&1kon sy&6yeu+6zy thi&6ngu&1shi&5tseu leq|Today I have things to do in the company, (so) '''I''''m leaving early (lit. ahead).|SH}}
# {{lb|zh|literary|formal|or|dialectal}} [[we]]; [[us]]; [[our]]
#: {{zh-co|我國|'''our''' country|tr='''wǒ'''guó}}
#: {{zh-co|我市|'''our''' city|tr='''wǒ'''shì}}
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} to [[stubborn]]ly hold to one's own [[opinion]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} to [[kill]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[tilted]]
# {{surname|zh}}

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|我}}
{{zh-dial|我們}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|我}}

====See also====
{{cmn-personal pronouns}}

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|人我|人我是非|人棄我取|你三我四|你丟我撿|你來我往|你儂我儂|你我|你推我擠|你推我讓|你東我西|你死我活|你爭我奪|你知我見|你誇我逞|你謙我讓|你追我趕|你長我短|依然故我|做我不著|六經註我|分我杯羹|助我張目|勿忘我|匡我不逮|卿卿我我|唯我|唯我獨尊|唯我論|大我|如是我聞|宰我|小我|彼我|彼眾我寡|彼竭我盈|彼長我消|忘我|惠子知我|惟我獨尊|憐我憐卿|我丈|我人|我倆|我們|我儀|我儂|我咱|我國|我執|我家|我將|我山|我師|我師禽|我慢|我所|我方|我曹|我武維揚|我每|我生|我的天|我相|我私|我自|我行|我行其野|我行我素|我見|我見猶憐|我負子戴|我身|我躬|我軍|我輩|我郎|我醉欲眠|我黼子佩|捨我其誰|操之在我|故我|敵眾我寡|日不我與|是非人我|時不我待|時不我與|有你沒我|有我無人|梵我一如|正合我意|歲不我與|毋我|法我見|渾然忘我|為我|無奈我何|無我|爾虞我詐|爾詐我虞|物我|物我無間|生我劬勞|盡其在我|真我|知我|知我罪我|神我|私我|給我記住|老我|自我|自我中心|自我介紹|自我作古|自我作故|自我反省|自我吹噓|自我實現|自我批評|自我教育|自我期許|自我肯定|自我表現|自我解嘲|自我陶醉|至公無我|舊我|舍我其誰|舍我復誰|誤我|超我|還我河山|非我|非我族類|頗我|額我略曆|鮑子知我|我肏}}

===Descendants===
{{CJKV|我|が|아|ngã}}
''Others'':
* {{desc|wuh|nga|ngu}}
* {{desc|bew|gua|bor=1|qq=via Min Nan}}
** {{desc|id|gua|gue|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ms|gua|bor=1|qq=via Min Nan}}
* {{desc|th|อั๊ว|bor=1}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}
* {{R:twedu|A01473}}
* {{thcwd|3153}}

{{cat|cmn|Beginning Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=が
|kanon=が
|kun=わ-, われ-
}}

====Compounds====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|我%楽%多|が%らく%た}}
* {{ja-r/args|怪我|けが}}
}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|われ|alt=我,吾}}
From {{inh|ja|ojp|-}},<ref name="KDJ"/> as the long form of {{m|ja|我|tr=wa}} below.

Compound of {{suffix|ja||alt1=我|tr1=wa|pos1=see below|れ|tr2=-re|pos2=nominalizing suffix}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|われ|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Pronoun====
{{ja-pos|pronoun|われ}}

# {{n-g|[[first person]] [[singular]] [[pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]], [[oneself]]
# {{lb|ja|usually|vulgar}} {{n-g|[[second person]] singular pronoun}}: [[you]]

=====Usage notes=====
* In modern Japanese, most often encountered in the plural forms {{m|ja|我等|tr=warera}} and {{m|ja|我々|tr=wareware||[[we]], [[us]]}}.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|我%我|われ%われ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|我々|われわれ}}
* {{ja-r/args|我 不知|われ しらず}}
* {{ja-r/args|我ながら|われながら}}
* {{ja-r/args|我にもあらず|われ に も あらず}}
* {{ja-r/args|我等|われら|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|我ら|われら|[[we]], [[us]]}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

=====See also=====
{{Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|わ|alt=我,吾}}
From {{inh|ja|ojp|我|tr=wa}}.<ref name="KDJ">{{R:Kokugo Dai Jiten}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|わ|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR}}

====Pronoun====
{{ja-pos|pronoun|わ}}

# {{lb|ja|obsolete|or|dialect|sort=わ}} {{n-g|[[first person|first-person]] [[personal pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]]
#* {{lw|ja|棟方志功}}
#*: {{ja-usex|'''わ''' だば ゴッホ に なる|{{q|Aomori}} '''I''''ll be a Gogh}}

=====Usage notes=====
* In modern Japanese, most often encountered in fossilized phrases in combination with the Old Japanese possessive particle {{ja-r|が}}, such as {{m|ja|我が儘|tr=wagamama|lit=just as I like||[[selfish]]; [[selfishness]]}} or {{m|ja|我が国|tr=wagakuni||my [[country]], my [[homeland]] → [[Japan]]}}.

=====Derived terms=====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|我が|わが}}
* {{ja-r/args|私|わたくし}}
}}

=====See also=====
{{Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives}}

===Etymology 3===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|わ|o1=が}}
{{ja-see|我が}}

===Etymology 4===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|あ}}
{{ja-see|あ}}

===Etymology 5===
{{ja-kanjitab|yomi=k|あれ}}
{{ja-see|あれ}}

===Etymology 6===
{{ja-kanjitab|が|yomi=o}}
From {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=が}} {{ltc-l|我}}.

The Buddhist senses are a translation of {{der|ja|sa|आत्मन्||[[self]]|sort=が}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|が|acc=0|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|が}}

# the [[ego]], [[self]]
# [[self-righteous]]ness
# {{lb|ja|Buddhism}} [[obstinacy]]
#: {{ant|ja|無我|tr=muga}}
# {{lb|ja|Hinduism}} [[atman]]
#: {{syn|ja|アートマン|tr=ātoman}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top3}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|我が強い|が が つよい}}
* {{ja-r/args|我を折る|が を おる}}
* {{ja-r/args|我を立てる|が を たてる}}
* {{ja-r/args|我を通す|が を とおす}}
* {{ja-r/args|我を張る|が を はる}}
* {{ja-r/args|我を折る|が を おる}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

====Affix====
{{ja-pos|affix|が}}

# [[self]], [[oneself]], [[myself]]
# [[egotism]], [[selfishness]]
# {{lb|ja|Buddhism|sort=が}} [[atman]]

====Derived terms====
{{der-top4}}
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|我%意|が%い}}
* {{ja-r/args|我%見|が%けん}}
* {{ja-r/args|我%執|が%しゅう}}
* {{ja-r/args|我%田%引%水|が%でん%いん%すい}}
* {{ja-r/args|我%慢|が%まん}}
* {{ja-r/args|我%利|が%り}}
* {{ja-r/args|我%流|が%りゅう}}
* {{ja-r/args|個%我|こ%が}}
* {{ja-r/args|自%我|じ%が}}
* {{ja-r/args|他%我|た%が}}
* {{ja-r/args|大%我|たい%が}}, {{ja-r/args|大%我|だい%が}}
* {{ja-r/args|彼%我|ひ%が}}
* {{ja-r/args|忘%我|ぼう%が}}
* {{ja-r/args|没%我|ぼつ%が}}
}}
{{der-bottom}}

===References===
<references/>

==Korean==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ko|ltc|sort=아|-}} {{ltc-l|我}}.
{{hanja-ety
|dk={{okm-inline|ᅌᅡᆼ〯|ngǎ}}
|m={{okm-inline|아〯|ǎ}}
|mh={{okm-inline|나|nà}}
|ml=雜語#하24A
}}

===Pronunciation===
{{ko-hanja-pron|아|l=y}}

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|나|아}}

# {{lb|ko|literary|nocat=y}} {{hanja form of|아|[[I]]; [[me]]}}
# {{lb|ko|literary|nocat=y}} {{hanja form of|아|[[we]]; [[us]]; [[our]]}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}
{{ko-l/multi|data=
* {{ko-l/args|아견|我見}}
* {{ko-l/args|아국|我國}}
* {{ko-l/args|아만|我慢}}
* {{ko-l/args|아조|我朝}}
* {{ko-l/args|무아|無我}}
* {{ko-l/args|자아|自我}}
* {{ko-l/args|전아|全我}}
* {{ko-l/args|아전인수|我田引水}}
}}
{{der-bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:hanjadoc|3773}}

==Okinawan==

===Kanji===
{{ryu-kanji}}

====Readings====
{{ryu-readings
|on=がー
|kun=わ-ん, わー, わ-ったー
}}

==Old Japanese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ojp|吾}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ojp|jpx-pro|*wa}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|ojp|pronouns|tr=wa|kana|わ}}

# {{n-g|[[first person|first-person]] [[personal pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]]

=====Quotations=====
{{seeCites|ojp}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{m|ojp|我が|tr=waga}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ja|我|tr=wa}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{suffix|ojp||alt1=我|tr1=wa|pos1=see above|れ|tr2=-re|t2=[[thing]]|pos2=nominalizing suffix}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|ojp|pronouns|tr=ware|kana|われ}}

# {{n-g|[[first person|first-person]] [[personal pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]], [[oneself]]

=====Quotations=====
{{seeCites|ojp}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ja|我|tr=ware}}

===Etymology 3===
Likely a compound of {{suffix|ojp||alt1=我|tr1=wa|pos1=see above|ろ|tr2=-ro|pos2=suffix indicating [[affection]]}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|ojp|pronouns|tr=waro<sub>2</sub>|kana|わろ}}

# {{lb|ojp|regional|Southern Eastern {{cog|ojp|-}}}} {{n-g|[[first person]] [[singular]] [[pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]]

=====Quotations=====
{{seeCites|ja}}

===Etymology 4===
The eastern variant of {{m|ojp||我|tr=ware}}.<ref name="KDJ2">{{R:Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Concise|我・吾}}</ref> Appears to be {{m|ojp|我|tr=wa}} + {{m|ojp|ぬ|tr=nu}}, appearing here not as the negative verb auxiliary but rather as a suffixing element of uncertain meaning. Appears in the ''{{w|Man'yōshū}}'', volume 14 poem 3476.<ref name="MYS">{{RQ:Manyoshu|14|3476}}, text available online [https://web.archive.org/web/20200925204109/http://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/Man14Yo.html#3476 here]</ref>

====Pronoun====
{{head|ojp|pronouns|tr=wanu|kana|わぬ}}

# {{lb|ojp|regional|Northern Eastern {{cog-lite|ojp|-}}}} {{n-g|[[first person]] [[personal pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]], [[oneself]]

=====Quotations=====
{{seeCites|ojp}}

===Etymology 5===
From {{inh|ojp|jpx-pro|*a}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|ojp|pronouns|tr=a|kana|あ}}

# {{n-g|[[first person|first-person]] [[singular]] [[pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]]

=====Quotations=====
{{seeCites|ojp}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{m|ojp|我が|tr=aga}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ja|あ|tr=a}}

===Etymology 6===
From {{suffix|ojp||alt1=我|tr1=a|pos1=see above|れ|tr2=re|pos2=nominalizing suffix}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|ojp|pronouns|tr=are|kana|あれ}}

# {{n-g|[[first person|first-person]] [[singular]] [[pronoun]]}}: [[I]], [[me]]

=====Quotations=====
{{seeCites|ojp}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ja|あれ|tr=are}}

===References===
<references/>

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=戈03
|hanviet=ngã-tdcndg;tdcntd;gdhn;genibrel, ngả-bonet
|phienthiet=,語可 ngữ khả
|nom=ngả-tdcndg;tdcntd;gdhn;btcn;bonet;genibrel;taberd, ngã-tdcndg;tdcntd;gdhn;bonet;genibrel;taberd
}}

# {{rfv-sense|vi}} {{vi-Han form of|[[ngã]], [[ngả]]|(Vietnamese Literary Sinitic) [[I]]; [[me]]}} 
# {{Nom form of-lite|ngả|[[way]]; [[direction]]}}
# {{Nom form of-lite|ngã|to [[fall#Verb|fall]]; to [[slip#Verb|slip]]}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}
* {{vi-l|我朝|ngã triều}}
* {{vi-l|無我|vô ngã}}
{{der-bottom}}

===References===
<references/>