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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