Kanji Detail for 俺 - "me, myself"

俺

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

俺 means "me, myself." Also associated with i (male).
1. I (male) - A masculine first-person pronoun.
2. Me - Self-reference; oneself.
3. Myself - Personal pronoun (informal male).
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- Verified meaning: me, myself
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read おしがね)
- Also carries these associations: i (male)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 俺

Surnames 俺(おしがね)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

I; myself

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

personal pronoun, I

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

I (northern dialects)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

I, me, my (some dialects)

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Northerners call themselves 俺 (I/me).
Onyomi

en(エン)
Kunyomi

ore(おれ)

ware(われ)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

人亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)
Related Keywords

i (male) me myself ego identity individual masculine my oneself self