俺
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Translingual
Han character
俺 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大中山 (OKLU), four-corner 24216, composition ⿰亻奄)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Pronunciation
Definitions
俺
- (dialectal Mandarin) I; me; my
- 俺老身一口兒路傍賣些甛瓜資生。你們高麗人三五十俄刻過去時，暫停此中，初則出價賣喫，臨起一個個各手執蓏，鬨堂都走了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1780, 朴趾源 (Pak Jiwon), 《熱河日記》
- Ǎn lǎoshēn yī kǒur lù páng mài xiē tiánguā zīshēng. Nǐmen Gāolì rén sān wǔ shí ékè guòqù shí, zàn tíng cǐzhōng, chū zé chū jià mài chī, lín qǐ yī gègè gè shǒu zhí luǒ, hǒngtáng dōu zǒu le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
俺老身一口儿路傍卖些甛瓜资生。你们高丽人三五十俄刻过去时，暂停此中，初则出价卖吃，临起一个个各手执蓏，哄堂都走了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 俺是耕田的。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
- From: 2004, Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle
- Ǎn shì gēngtián de. [Pinyin]
- I am a farmer.
- (dialectal Mandarin, exclusive) we; us; our
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 我們 (“we; us (exclusive or no distinction of clusivity)”) [map]
Etymology 2
| trad. | 俺 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 俺 | |
| alternative forms | 安 阿 | |
Possibly from weakening of 阮 (goán) (Tan and Wu, 2011).
Pronunciation
Definitions
俺
- (Hokkien, honorific) Prefix for kinship terms.
- 俺公 [Hokkien] ― án-kong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― grandpa
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, inclusive) Synonym of 咱 (lán, “we; us”)
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Japanese
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 俺 |
| おれ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 己 爾 儞 |
From Old Japanese. Originally a second person pronoun, as used in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Thought to have gradually changed into a first person pronoun from roughly the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.[1][2] Some scholars, however, point out the lack of precedent of a second-person pronoun shifting to a first-person pronoun as an etymological discontinuity; they instead explain the first-person usage as an early corruption of 己 (onore, “I, me”), with the ancient second-person usage perhaps deriving of a different root.[3]
Pronoun
俺 or 俺 • (ore)
- (informal, men's speech) I, me
- 1905, Natsume Sōseki, 吾輩は猫である [I Am a Cat]:
- 最前から黙っていた主人はこの時急に写真が見たくなったものと見えて「おい俺にもちょっと覧せろ」と云う
- saizen kara damatte ita shujin wa kono toki kyū ni shashin ga mitaku natta mono to miete “oi ore ni mo chotto misero” to iu
- My owner, who had until then been silent, suddenly seemed to take interest in the photo and asked "Hey, let me see it too."
- 最前から黙っていた主人はこの時急に写真が見たくなったものと見えて「おい俺にもちょっと覧せろ」と云う
- (obsolete, familiar or derogatory) you
Usage notes
- This term is the most casual form of self-address used by men, and is suitable for conversations among close friends or relatives. Conversely, in polite conversation or where polite forms are expected, its usage may be interpreted as disrespectful. For such occasions, 私 (watashi) or 僕 (boku) are preferred.
Derived terms
- おれら (orera, explicitly plural first- or second-person pronoun)
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)
| 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% | |
| 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
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 米田 達郎 (2016) 人称詞オレの歴史的変化, archived from the original on 1 December 2021 (in Japanese)
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Vietnamese
Han character
俺: Hán Nôm readings: em, yêm, êm
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