俺

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俺 U+4FFA, 俺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FFA
← 俹
[U+4FF9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俻 →
[U+4FFB]

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 (first edition): volume 1, page 173, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4FFA

Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 俺

Fusion of 我們／我们 (wǒmen) (Lü, 1984; Norman, 1988).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions[edit]

俺

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) I; me; my
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, exclusive) we; us; our
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 吾, 我, 余, 予, 台, 朕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 我
Mandarin Beijing 我
Taiwan 我
Jinan 我, 俺
Xi'an 我
Wuhan 我
Chengdu 我
Guilin 我
Yangzhou 我
Hefei 我
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 我
Cantonese Guangzhou 我
Hong Kong 我
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 我
Macau 我
Panyu 我
Huadu (Huashan) 我
Conghua 我
Zengcheng 我
Foshan 我
Nanhai (Shatou) 我
Shunde 我
Sanshui 我
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 我
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 我
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 我
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 我
Doumen 我
Jiangmen (Baisha) 𠊎
Xinhui 我
Taishan 我
Kaiping (Chikan) 我
Enping (Niujiang) 我
Heshan (Yayao) 我
Dongguan 我
Bao'an (Shajing) 我
Yangjiang 我
Nanning 我
Danzhou 我
Gan Nanchang 我
Hakka Meixian 𠊎
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 我
Dongguan (Qingxi) 𠊎
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 𠊎
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 𠊎
Heyuan (Bendihua) 𠊎
Liannan 𠊎
Conghua (Lütian) 𠊎
Jiexi 𠊎
Changting 𠊎
Wuping 𠊎
Ninghua 𠊎
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𠊎
Liudui (S. Sixian) 𠊎
Hsinchu (Hailu) 𠊎
Dongshi (Dabu) 𠊎
Hsinchu (Raoping) 𠊎
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𠊎
Hong Kong 𠊎
Jin Taiyuan 我
Min Bei Jian'ou 我
Min Dong Fuzhou 我, 奴
Min Nan Xiamen 我, 阮
Quanzhou 我, 阮
Zhangzhou 我, 阮
Taipei 我, 阮
Kaohsiung 我, 阮
Penang (Hokkien) 我
Philippines (Manila Hokkien) 我
Chaozhou 我
Shantou 我
Haifeng 我
Wenchang 我, 儂 humble, used by someone in the younger generation
Wu Shanghai 我, 吾, 阿拉
Suzhou 我, 奴
Wenzhou 我
Ningbo 我, 我儂, 像我
Xiang Changsha 我
Shuangfeng 我, 卬
Dialectal synonyms of 我們 (“we”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 我, 吾儕, 我等, 我曹, 我輩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 我們
Mandarin Beijing 我們, 姆們
Taiwan 我們
Tianjin 我們
Harbin 我們
Shenyang 我們
Hailar 我們
Ulanhot 俺們
Tongliao 俺們
Chifeng 我們
Bayanhot 我們
Jinan 我們, 俺們, 俺, 俺這夥
Muping 俺
Luoyang 我們, 俺們, 俺
Wanrong 我的, 我
Xi'an 俺的, 俺, 我的, 我, 我們
Qingdao 俺
Zhengzhou 俺
Xining 我們
Xuzhou 俺, 我們
Yinchuan 卬們
Lanzhou 我們
Ürümqi 我們
Wuhan 我們
Huanggang 我家
Chengdu 我們
Guiyang 我們
Guilin 我們
Liuzhou 我們
Kunming 我們
Yangzhou 我們, 們, 我輩兒
Nanjing 我們
Hefei 我們
Nantong 我恁, 我倈
Malaysia 我們
Singapore 我們
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 我們
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 我們
Cantonese Guangzhou 我哋
Hong Kong 我哋
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 我哋
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 我哋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 我哋
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 我俚
Macau 我哋
Panyu 我哋
Huadu (Huashan) 我哋
Conghua 我啲
Zengcheng 我班人
Foshan 我哋
Nanhai (Shatou) 我哋
Shunde 我哋
Sanshui 我哋
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 我哋
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 我哋
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 我哋
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 我哋
Doumen 偔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 偔
Xinhui 偔
Taishan 我
Kaiping (Chikan) 我
Enping (Niujiang) 我喊齊
Heshan (Yayao) 我
Dongguan 我哋
Bao'an (Shajing) 我哋
Dapeng 我哋
Shaoguan 我哋
Yunfu 我哋
Yangjiang 偔
Xinyi 我哋
Lianjiang 我哋
Nanning 我哋
Wuzhou 我哋
Yulin 我人
Hepu 俺
Kuala Lumpur 我哋
Ho Chi Minh City 我哋
Gan Nanchang 我個俚, 我等, 我們
Lichuan 我多
Pingxiang 我俚, 巷俚
Hakka Meixian 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎儕
Xingning 𠊎兜人
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 我, 我咧, 我大家, 我茶家
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 我, 我咧
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 我俚
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 我, 我咧
Huidong (Daling) 𠊎兜人
Dongguan (Qingxi) 吾兜
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 我俚
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 我咧
Boluo (Bendihua) 我, 我齊家
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 𠊎兜
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 吾兜, 𠊎兜
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 吾哋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 吾哋
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 𠊎兜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 𠊎兜
Wuhua (Changbu) 𠊎兜
Wuhua (Mianyang) 𠊎兜
Heyuan (Bendihua) 我咧
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 我俚
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 我咧
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 我, 我咧
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 我哋
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 我咧
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 我哋
Qujiang 𠊎俚
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 我根
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 我哋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿俚
Liannan 𠊎俚
Conghua (Lütian) 𠊎兜
Jiexi 𠊎兜儕
Luchuan 𠊎俚
Luchuan (Daqiao) 我們
Changting 𠊎儕們, 𠊎儕
Pingyu 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜
Wuping 𠊎等人
Liancheng 𠊎大全
Ninghua 𠊎人, 𠊎多人
Yudu 𠊎底
Ruijin 𠊎班人
Shicheng 𠊎郎人
Shangyou 𠊎子人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕, 𠊎這兜
Liudui (S. Sixian) 𠊎等, 𠊎等人
Hsinchu (Hailu) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
Dongshi (Dabu) 吾等, 吾這兜, 吾這兜人
Hsinchu (Raoping) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𠊎人
Hong Kong 𠊎哋
Sabah (Longchuan) 𠊎兜
Senai 吾兜
Singkawang 𠊎兜儕
Huizhou Jixi 我人
Shexian 我人
Tunxi 我人
Xiuning 我人
Yixian 我儂
Qimen 我大家
Wuyuan 俺家, 刷俺
Dexing 我拉
Jingde 阿啊
Xianyu (formerly Zhanda) 我些人
Jin Taiyuan 我們, 俺們
Pingyao 我家, 我家們家, 我們
Xinzhou 俺們, 俺
Baochang 我們
Jining 我們
Hohhot 我們
Baotou 我們
Dongsheng 我們
Linhe 我們
Haibowan 我們
Min Bei Jian'ou 我人, 我夥人
Dikou 我人
Songxi 俺叢人
Zhenghe 我人
Zhenqian 我人
Jianyang 我夥人
Wuyishan 我夥人
Shibei 我人, 我多人
Min Dong Fuzhou 我各儂, 儂家各儂, 儂家
Changle 儂家
Fuqing 儂家, 儂家各儂, 我各儂
Pingtan 儂家
Yongtai 儂家各儂
Gutian 我各儂
Fu'an 我儕
Ningde 我儕儂, 我儕
Shouning 我儂
Zhouning 我儕
Fuding 我儂
Matsu 儂家
Min Nan Xiamen 阮
Tong'an 阮
Quanzhou 阮
Jinjiang 阮
Nan'an 阮
Shishi 阮
Hui'an 阮
Anxi 阮
Yongchun 阮
Dehua 阮
Zhangzhou 阮
Longhai 阮
Changtai 阮
Hua'an 阮
Nanjing 阮
Pinghe 阮
Zhangpu 阮
Yunxiao 阮
Zhao'an 阮
Dongshan 阮
Taipei 阮
Kaohsiung 阮
Tainan 阮
Taichung 阮
Hsinchu 阮
Lukang 阮
Sanxia 阮
Yilan 阮
Kinmen 阮
Magong 阮
Penang (Hokkien) 我儂
Singapore (Hokkien) 我儂, 阮
Philippines (Manila Hokkien) 阮
Longyan 我儂
Zhangping 我儂
Zhangping (Yongfu) 我儂
Datian 我夥
Pingnan (Shangdu) 阮儂
Chaozhou 阮
Shantou 阮
Haifeng 阮, 阮儂
Wenchang 我儂
Haikou 我儂
Leizhou 我儂
Puxian Min Putian 我輩
Xianyou 滾, 我輩
Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 我哋
Guilin (Dahe) 我哋
Shehua Fu'an 𠊎人
Fuding 𠊎人
Luoyuan 𠊎人
Sanming 𠊎仔
Shunchang 𠊎個人
Wu Shanghai 阿拉, 我伲 dated, 伲 dated
Suzhou 伲
Wuxi 我俚
Hangzhou 我們
Wenzhou 我倈
Chongming 我俚
Danyang 我己
Jinhua 我郎, 昂
Tangxi 我道
Ningbo 阿拉, 象拉
Xiang Changsha 我們
Shuangfeng 我俚, 卬俚
Xiangtan 我人
Loudi 我俺
Quanzhou 俺

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

simp. and trad.
 俺
alternative forms 安

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “are these the same word? lán > án?”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

俺

  1. (Hokkien, honorific) Prefix for kinship terms.
    俺公 [Min Nan]  ―  án-kong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  grandpa
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, inclusive) Synonym of 咱 (lán, “we; us”).

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

simp. and trad.
 俺

Cognate with Hokkien 咱 (lán).

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

俺

  1. (Teochew, inclusive) we; us
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 咱們 (“we; us (inclusive)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 咱們, 你我
Mandarin Beijing 咱們, 咱
Taiwan 咱們, 咱
Jinan 咱們, 咱, 咱這伙
Xi'an 咱
Wuhan 我們 †
Chengdu 我們 †
Yangzhou 我們 †
Hefei 我們 †
Cantonese Guangzhou 我哋 †
Hong Kong 我哋 †
Taishan 我 †
Yangjiang 偔 †
Gan Nanchang 我個裡 †, 我們 †
Hakka Meixian 𠊎等人 †, 𠊎等 †, 齊儕
Xingning 𠊎齊家
Huidong (Daling) 𠊎俚
Qujiang 𠊎俚
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 𠊎俚
Changting 𠊎等人
Pingyu 𠊎等人 †, 𠊎兜 †
Wuping 𠊎嫩人 †
Liancheng 𠊎大沙
Ninghua 𠊎人 †
Yudu 𠊎尼
Ruijin 𠊎班
Shicheng 𠊎人
Shangyou 𠊎子人 †
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𫣆兜, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆俚, 𫣆
Liudui (S. Sixian) 𠊎等 †, 𠊎等人 †
Hsinchu (Hailu) 𫣆俚, 吾俚, 𠊎俚, 𫣆兜, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆
Dongshi (Dabu) 𫣆等, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆
Hsinchu (Raoping) 𫣆兜, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆俚
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𫣆人, 𫣆
Jin Taiyuan 咱們, 咱
Min Bei Jian'ou 俺伙人, 俺人
Min Dong Fuzhou 儂家各儂, 儂家, 儂家儂
Min Nan Xiamen 咱, 咱人
Quanzhou 咱, 咱人
Zhangzhou 咱, 咱人
Taipei 咱
Penang (Hokkien) 咱, 咱人
Philippines (Manila Hokkien) 咱
Chaozhou 咱
Wu Shanghai 阿拉 †, 我伲 †, 伲 †
Suzhou 伲 †
Wenzhou 卬你, 卬你倈
Xiang Changsha 我們 †
Shuangfeng 我哩 †, 卬哩 †
Note † - no distinction of clusivity

Etymology 4[edit]

simp. and trad.
 俺

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. † large

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

俺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

From Old Japanese. Originally a second person pronoun, as used in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Gradually changed into a first person pronoun from roughly the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

俺(おれ) • (ore)

  1. (informal, men's speech) I, me
    • 1997 December 20 [Oct 15 1997], Matsuura, Tokihiko, “第だい１いち話わ　初はつ恋こい [Chapter 1: First Love]”, in タキシード銀 [Tuxedo Gin], volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 32:
      お、俺(おれ)が俺(おれ)を俺(おれ)の上(うえ)から見(み)つめている俺(おれ)は誰(だれ)？俺(おれ)⁉あれも俺(おれ)！俺(おれ)も俺(おれ)⁉
      O, ore ga ore o ore no ue kara mitsumete iru ore wa dare? Ore⁉ Are mo ore! Ore mo ore⁉
      Wh-Who am I who am looking at me from above me? Me!? That’s me! But I’m also me!?
    • 2001 January 23, Kurumada, Masami, “女神アテナの聖闘士セイントの巻まき [Athena’s Saints]”, in Saintセイント星セイ矢ヤ [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 20:
      これがオレの小宇宙(コスモ)だぁ‼
      Kore ga ore no Kosumo dā‼
      This is my Cosmo!!
    • 2001 August 6 [Apr 23 2001], Kurumada, Masami, “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 Saintセイント星セイ矢ヤ [Saint Seiya], volume 4 (fiction), 5th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, 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!!
  2. (obsolete, informal) you

Usage notes[edit]

  • This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as オレ.
  • This usual casual form of self-address used by men, and is completely acceptable among friends; 僕 or 私 are too formal for such 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%

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

俺 • (eom, am) (hangeul 엄, 암)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

俺: Hán Nôm readings: em, yêm, êm

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References[edit]

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