The Japanese Radical: 我


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Meaning
I, myself    我

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 4
discussion, consultation, consideration, deliberation
GI
Left: word 言, right: morality, justice 義 (If the sheep 羊 is killed by me 我 - is this justice?) [I, me 我 = with my hand 手 at the halberd 戈]
Words of morality are part of a discussion.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
justice, morality, righteousness
GI
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 is laterally protruding due to thick wool 三), bottom: I, self 我 (with my hand 扌/手 at the halberd 戈)
When a sheep 羊 [is sacrificed] by me (I, me = 我) with the hand 扌 at the halberd 戈, it is justice.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
myself, I
ware, waga, GA
Halberd 戈 with variation of hand 扌/手
The one with the hand at the halberd, that is me - myself.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
starve, being hungry
ueru, GA
Left: food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: I/myself 我 (with my hand 手 at the halberd 戈: That's me!)
Food for myself - I am starving.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
ceremony, case, affair
GI
Left: person 人, right: morality, justice 義 (The sacrifice of a sheep 羊 by me (I,me = 我) with the hand 扌 at the halberd 戈, is justice.) [I, me 我 = with my hand 手 at the halberd 戈]
A person sacrificing a sheep with the hand at the halberd is performing a ceremony.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
sacrifice, scapegoat
GI
Left: cow 牛, right: morality, justice 義 (The sacrifice of a sheep 羊 by me (I,me = 我) with the hand 扌 at the halberd 戈, is justice.)
Cows 牛 and sheep 羊 turn by me 我 (= the hand 手 at a halberd 戈) into: sacrifices.  

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