Entry
  1. Noun

    my love; my dear; darling

    Familiar languageMale term or languageArchaicsaid of a wife, lover or close female friend

Also written 我妹【わぎも】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

I, my, our, one's own

Kun
われわが-あ-
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1828 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Used in names as

あが

Dictionary and index codes (24)
CodeReference
2-4-3SKIP code
3d4.17The Kanji Dictionary
1060.1Four corner code
3177deroo
543eUnicode hex code
1-24-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
37Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
733New Nelson (John Haig)
2407New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3060Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1558Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2132Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
17Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1393A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
491Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1933Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3379Morohashi
2035Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu2Pinyin reading
oKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

younger sister

Kun
いもうと
On
マイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1446 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
4549.0Four corner code
1764deroo
59b9Unicode hex code
1-43-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1204Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1199New Nelson (John Haig)
278New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
208Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
250Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
220Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
234Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1204A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
848Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
427Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6138Morohashi
207A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
408Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
412Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319sakade
153Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
226henshall3
166Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
441Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
225Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mei4Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level