俺

Translingual

Han character

俺 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大中山 (OKLU), four-corner 2421₆, composition ⿰亻奄)

1. I (First person Sing.) (personal pronoun)
2. First person pl inclusive in Teochew

References

• KangXi: page 106, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 736
• Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 173, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FFA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

俺 (Yale yim3)

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 乃公
• 爾
• 儞
• 己
• オレ

Etymology

Originally a second person pronoun. Gradually changed into a first person pronoun.

Pronoun

俺 (hiragana おれ, romaji ore)

1. second person pronoun; you
2. first person personal pronoun; I, me

Usage notes

俺／おれ is the usual casual form used by men, and is completely acceptable with friends; 僕 or 私 are too formal for casual use. Conversely, in polite conversation or where polite forms are expected, 俺 is unacceptable and rude. As with other casual forms, may be used intentionally if one wishes to be rude, but should not be used otherwise.

See also

• 僕 (ぼく, boku) (generally used by males)
• 私 (わたし, watashi)
• 我 (われ, ware)
• 内 (うち, uchi) (female, Kansai)

Kanji

俺

Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: おれ (ore)

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Korean

Hanja

俺 (hangeul 엄, 업, revised eom, eop, McCune-Reischauer ŏm, ŏp)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

俺 (pinyin ǎn (an3), Wade-Giles an³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

俺 (em, yêm, êm)

References

• Nom Foundation