Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    one's own child; one's own children

    彼女が我が子に手をかけた。
    She laid hands on her own child.

Also written わが子【わがこ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

Kun
われわ.が-わが-
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
829 of 2500
Radical
spear
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Used in names as

あが

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
0a7.10The Kanji Dictionary
2355.0Four corner code
2259deroo
6211Unicode hex code
1-18-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
200Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2028New Nelson (John Haig)
3548New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4362Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2208Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2971Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
640Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
690Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1392A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
545Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
719Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11545Morohashi
817A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1302Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
745sakade
1329Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
833henshall3
848Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
380crowley
1164Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
837Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
647Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wo3Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level