Entry
  1. Noun

    myself; oneself

    彼女はわが身の不遇にじっと耐えねばならなかった。
    She had to smile at her misfortune.
  2. Pronoun

    I; me

    Archaic

  3. you (referring to one's inferior)

    ArchaicFamiliar language

Also written わが身【わがみ】我身【わがみ】

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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

somebody, person, one's station in life

Kun
On
シン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
320 of 2500
Radical
body
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
0a7.5The Kanji Dictionary
2740.0Four corner code
847deroo
8eabUnicode hex code
1-31-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4601Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5928New Nelson (John Haig)
3553New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4368Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2213Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2977Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1337Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
331A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
546Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
791Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38034Morohashi
323A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255sakade
937Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
339henshall3
285Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
174crowley
394Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1768Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1256Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shen1, juan1Pinyin reading
sinKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level