俺

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 俺

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 俺 俺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 鹽 (154) 嚴 (145)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) Chongniu III III
Fanqie 於驗切 於劔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiᴇmH/ /ʔɨɐmH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚiɛmH/ /ʔiɐmH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiæmH/ /ʔiɐmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjiamH/ /ʔɨamH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjɛmH/ /ʔiɐmH/
Wang
Li		 /ĭɛmH/ /ĭɐmH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ɛmH/ /ʔi̯ɐmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yàn yàn

Definitions[edit]

俺

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

Synonyms[edit]

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

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
俺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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

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Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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 (fiction, 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[edit]

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[edit]

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%

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

俺 (em, yêm, êm)

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References[edit]

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