我
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I; me; my
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
I · Heisig RSH #588
手 hand + fiesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 我
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我们 | we; us; ourselves; our | |
| 三人行，必有我师 | lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)… | |
| 包在我身上 | leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it | |
| 三人行，则必有我师 | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) | |
| 对我来说 | as far as I'm concerned | |
| 自我意识 | self-awareness | |
| 自我实现 | self-actualization (psychology); self-realization | |
| 自我防卫 | self-defense | |
| 时不我待 | (idiom) time and tide wait for no man | |
| 我的世界 | Minecraft (video game) | |
| 我的天 | OMG; my goodness | |
| 在我看来 | in my opinion | |
| 大我 | the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self | |
| 我人 | we | |
| 我国 | my country; our country | |
| 无我 | anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") | |
| 自我 | the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego | |
| 小我 | the self; the individual | |
| 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥 | lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom); fig. you go your way, I'll … | |
| 如是我闻 | so I have heard (idiom); the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his di… |
Sound family
These characters use 我 as their sound component — compare how they read.