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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
俺 (radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大中山 (OKLU), four-corner 24216, composition ⿰亻奄)
ReferencesEdit
- 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
ChineseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| simp. and trad. |
俺 | |
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Fusion of 我們／我们 (wǒmen) (Lü, 1984; Norman, 1988).
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俺
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Etymology 2Edit
| 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?”)
PronunciationEdit
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俺
- (Hokkien, honorific) Prefix for kinship terms.
- 俺公 [Min Nan] ― án-kong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― grandpa
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, inclusive) Synonym of 咱 (lán, “we; us”).
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
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俺
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Etymology 4Edit
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俺
- † large
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
俺
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: えん (en)←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)
- Kan-on: えん (en)←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)
- Kun: おれ (ore, 俺, Jōyō); われ (ware, 俺)
EtymologyEdit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 俺 |
| おれ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Originally a second person pronoun, as used in the Kojiki of 712 C.E.. Gradually changed into a first person pronoun from roughly the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.[1][2]
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PronounEdit
- (informal, men's speech) I, me
- 1997 December 20 [Oct 15 1997], Matsuura, Tokihiko, “第１話 初恋 [Chapter 1: First Love]”, in タキシード銀 [Tuxedo Gin], volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 32:
- お、俺が俺を俺の上から見つめている俺は誰？俺⁉あれも俺！俺も俺⁉
- 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!?
- お、俺が俺を俺の上から見つめている俺は誰？俺⁉あれも俺！俺も俺⁉
- 2001 January 23, Kurumada, Masami, “女神の聖闘士の巻 [Athena’s Saints]”, in Saint星矢 [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 20:
- これがオレの小宇宙だぁ‼
- Kore ga ore no Kosumo dā‼
- This is my Cosmo!!
- これがオレの小宇宙だぁ‼
- 2001 August 6 [Apr 23 2001], Kurumada, Masami, “少年たちよ！女神を託すの巻 [Boys! For Athena]”, in Saint星矢 [Saint Seiya], volume 4 (fiction), 5th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 222:
- オレは山羊座のシュラ‼
- Ore wa Kapurikōn no Shura‼
- I am Shura the Capricorn!!
- オレは山羊座のシュラ‼
- (obsolete, informal) you
Usage notesEdit
- 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 alsoEdit
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% | |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
俺: Hán Nôm readings: em, yêm, êm
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