俺

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

simp. and trad.		俺

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa. Cognate with 我 (wǒ), 吾 (wú), 𠊎.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎn (an³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³, aan²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): án

• Wu (Wiktionary): oe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: an³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀa̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim³, aan²
    • Yale: yim, áan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim³, aan²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³/, /ɑːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: án
    • Tâi-lô: án
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arn
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: oe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ø²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (俺, reconstructed)
Character (俺), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 鹽 (154) Tone: Departing (H)							Openness: Open Division: Chongniu III Fanqie: 於驗切							Expected Mandarin reflex: yàn
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/ʔɣiᴇmH/			/ʔɯiɛmH/			/ʔiæmH/			/ʔjiamH/			/ʔjɛmH/			/ĭɛmH/			/ʔi̯ɛmH/
Character (俺), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 嚴 (145) Tone: Departing (H)							Openness: Open Division: III Fanqie: 於劔切							Expected Mandarin reflex: yàn
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/ʔɨɐmH/			/ʔiɐmH/			/ʔiɐmH/			/ʔɨamH/			/ʔiɐmH/			/ĭɐmH/			/ʔi̯ɐmH/

Definitions

俺

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Min) I, me, my; we, us, our

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 我 ("I")
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical	Classical	吾、我、私
Mandarin	Beijing	我
	Chengdu	我
	Xi'an	我
	Hefei	我
	Wuhan	我
	Jinan	我、俺
	Yangzhou	我
Cantonese	Yangjiang	我
	Guangzhou	我
	Taishan	我
	Hong Kong	我
Gan	Nanchang	我
Hakka	Hsinchu (Hailu)	𠊎
	Meixian	𠊎
	Taiwanese Raoping	𠊎
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	𠊎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𠊎
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	𠊎
	Dongshi (Dabu)	𠊎
Jin	Taiyuan	我
Min Bei	Jian'ou	我
Min Dong	Fuzhou	我、奴
Min Nan	Chaozhou	我
	Xiamen	我
	Taipei	我
Wu	Wenzhou	我
	Suzhou	我、奴
Xiang	Changsha	我
	Shuangfeng	我、卬

Compounds

• 俺們／俺们

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Japanese

Kanji

俺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: えん (en)
• Kan’on: えん (en)
• Kun: おれ (ore), われ (ware)

Alternative forms

• 乃公
• 爾
• 儞
• 己

Etymology

Kanji in this term
俺
おれ Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) おれ [òré] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɺ̠e̞]

Pronoun

俺 ‎(hiragana おれ, katakana オレ, romaji ore)

1. (obsolete, informal) you
2. (informal) I; me
   • 2001 August 6, Masami Kurumada, “少しょう年ねんたちよ！女神アテナを託たくすの巻まき [Boys! For Athena]”, in 聖闘士セイント星セイ矢ヤ [Saint Seiya], volume 4 (in Japanese), 5th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-617655-6, page 222:

     オレは山羊座 (カプリコーン)のシュラ‼

     Ore wa Kapurikōn no Shura‼

     I am Shura the Capricorn‼

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

Japanese first-person pronouns

Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)

First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008)

Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち 49%	First name 26%	あたし 15%
	In the family	First name 33%	あたし 29%	うち 23%
	In a class	わたし 86%	あたし 7%	うち 6%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし 75%	あたし, first name, うち 8% each
	To the class teacher	わたし 66%	First name 13%	あたし 9%
Male	To friends	おれ 72%	ぼく 19%	First name 4%
	In the family	おれ 62%	ぼく 23%	うち 6%
	In a class	ぼく 85%	おれ 13%	First name, nickname 1% each
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく 64%	おれ 26%	First name 4%
	To the class teacher	ぼく 67%	おれ 27%	First name 3%

First-person pronouns by university students (2009)

Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち 39%	あたし 30%	わたし 22%
	In the family	あたし 28%	First name 27%	うち 18%
	In a class	わたし 89%	あたし 7%	自分 3%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし 81%	あたし 10%	自分 6%
	To the class teacher	わたし 77%	あたし 17%	自分 7%
Male	To friends	おれ 87%	うち 4%	わたし, 自分 2% each
	In the family	おれ 88%	ぼく, 自分 5% each
	In a class	わたし 48%	自分 28%	ぼく 22%
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく 36%	自分 29%	わたし 22%
	To the class teacher	自分 38%	ぼく 29%	わたし 22%

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

俺 (em, yêm, êm)

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References

• Nom Foundation