我
wǒ · HSK 1
I
我 = 手 (hand) + 戈 (dagger-axe); ancient weapon repurposed as the pronoun 'I'
Originally a serrated polearm held in the hand. The character was later borrowed phonetically for the first-person pronoun, and the weapon meaning faded out of use entirely.
我 — hand 手 (扌) + dagger-axe 戈
Originally a pictograph of a serrated weapon or polearm, used in oracle bone script. It was borrowed phonetically to write the first-person pronoun 'I/me,' and that meaning eventually replaced the original sense of the weapon.