俺 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
- On
- エン
- Kun
- おれ・われ
- Meaning
- I (informal, male)
Origin
Person plus covering; in Japanese it serves as an informal first-person pronoun used mainly by men.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| おれ | 俺 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 俺おれ
I; me (informal, male)
- 俺様おれさま
“the great me” (arrogant)
Example
残りは俺が全部やるよ。
I will do all the rest myself.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)