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U+4FFA, 俺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FFA

[U+4FF9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FFB]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa. Cognate with (), (), 𠊎.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (154) (145)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () Chongniu III III
Fanqie
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

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

Synonyms

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

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Alternative forms

Etymology

Kanji in this term
おれ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

(hiragana おれ, katakana オレ, romaji ore)

  1. (obsolete, informal) you
  2. (informal) I; me
    • 2001 August 6, Masami Kurumada, しょうねんたちよ!女神アテナたくすのまき [Boys! For Athena]”, in 聖闘士セイントセイ [Saint Seiya], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), 5th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-617655-6, page 222:
      オレ山羊座 (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; or are too formal for casual use. Conversely, in polite conversation or where polite forms are expected, 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


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(em, yêm, êm)

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References