Hanja Analyzer
俺

俺 — eom, eop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나 엄, 자기 업
Romanization
eom, eop
English
personal pronoun, I
Mandarin
ǎn
Japanese on'yomi
エン, ヨウ, アン
Japanese kun'yomi
おれ われ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,946 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
人 (9, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
奄
Unicode
U+4FFA

Parts that make up 俺

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 奄 문득 엄sound 덮어 가리는 모양‘엄·암’ 계열의 소리

How 俺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 俺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 奄.

Japanese words with 俺

  • 俺おれ I; me
  • 満俺マンガン manganese (Mn)
  • 俺らおれら we; us; I
  • 俺様おれさま I; me; self-centered man
  • 俺氏おれし I; me
  • 俺女おれおんな tomboy; boyish girl
  • 俺的おれてき my personal (e.g. opinion)
  • 俺たちおれたち we; us
  • 俺っちおれっち we; us; I
  • 俺等達おいらっち we; us
  • 俺んちおれんち my house
  • 俺が俺がおれがおれが me, me, me; egotistic; ego-driven

Characters sharing the phonetic 奄

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “엄”

Other hanja with radical 人

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