Zi:我

我 [wǒ] (1st person pron.) I/me; 我们 we/us; 我的 my/our; (HDZ:) …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹wǒ* 我 {A} pr. I ◆b.f. ①we; our ►wǒguó 我国 ②self ►zìwǒ 自我

The Shuōwén Seal form of 我 wǒ ‘I/we; me/us; my/our’ is said to combine 戈 gē ‘halberd/lance-axe’ (personal protection, self defense) (phonosemantic), and a component identified as either 𢏒(𠂹) chuí ‘dangerous/remote border area’ (abbrev.), or else an old wr. of 殺(𢽅𢁛) shā ‘kill’; formerly wr. 𢦠, with a shape like the serrated 刀/刃 knife/edge (of a reaping hook) on the right side of old 𥝢(利) lì ‘reap/profit’ (personal gain).
    Compare: 陲(𨼦) chuí ‘dangerous/remote border area/place’ (where one distinguishes oneself), formerly wr. 垂(𡍮), 𠂹.
    Note: The SW gloss begins with 施身自謂 shīshēnzìwèi ‘self-revealing/identifying reference (1st pers. pr.)’ (cf. 身自, 自身), in which 施 shī ‘(let) wave/fly (display identifying flag/banner); put into effect (one's will, identify oneself)’; this suggests analysis of the old form 𢦠 as including the component 勿(𣃦) wù ‘flag/banner’ atop a lance-axe, (identifying us) like a heraldic coat of arms (我家我国).
    Compare: 义/義 yí ‘impressive/dignified personal etiquette/manners; ceremony; moral standard’; 仪/儀 yí ‘etiquette/manners; ceremony’.
    Note: (诗) (北風) 惠而好我、攜手同行 “Ye who love and regard me, Let us join hands and go together.” (Legge)
    Note: (诗) (北風) 惠而好我、攜手同歸 “Ye who love and regard me, Let us join hands and go away forever.” (Legge)
    Note: (诗) (北風) 惠而好我、攜手同車 “Ye who love and regard me, Let us join hands and go together in our carriages.” (Legge)
    Note: (诗) (吉日) 既張我弓、既挾我矢 “We have bent our bows; We have our arrows on the string.” (Legge)
    Note: 我 and 吾 are used interchangeably in old texts (DYC); see also 余/予, 姎, 卬, 咱.
    Compare: 吾 wú/yá ← MC /ŋo/ŋa/; 我 wǒ ← MC /ŋɑʔ/ (SBGY).
    HDZ: 我 : wǒ : (代词) 第一人称, 又表复数 (我国, 我党, 我校); 自己的一方; 亲密; 存有私见或固执己见; (SW: 殺) 杀 (古文); (SW: 頃頓) 倾侧; (姓)
    Compare: 找 zhǎo ‘seek’, formerly wr. 爪; 抓 zhuā ‘grab/scratch’.
    Compare: 𢦏(𢦒) zāi ‘injure’; 戎(𢦦), 戌, 戍, 戉, 成.
    Older graphs associated with 我 are reminiscent of 𢦒, and like 𢦠.
►references: Guǎngyùn:304.26; Wieger:71q; Henshall:817; Karlgren:AD679,GSR2a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1401.2; Lindqvist:258; Mathews:4778; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:412.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:051.1.06; Wáng(1993):148; EDOC:1
►components: 扌戈𢏒乇𠚣
 ►Cantonese: ngoh/
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