The Chinese characters 我 meaning is I or me.
The earnest forms show two spears against each other in direct confrontation, presumably symbolizing two rights being asserted and, by extension, my right, that is, me. A later transcription projected a new Image: 我, a pictograph of a hand: 手 grasping a spear 戈; , denoting that when man wields in his hand a spear his ego, the big “I”, emerges.
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Very important character, thank you!