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俺 means 'me'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 474   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-12    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 25    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 13 words   Used in 12 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   おれ me, I
Additional readings
On    エン
Kun    われ
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Some sources call 俺 rough, arrogant, vulgar, and disagreeable. Others say it is informal and intimate. It conveys manliness, which could imply control over emotions, but it is also the pronoun men use when they lose their cool. All these contradictory statements are true! The mere idea of adding 俺 to the Joyo list provoked a bitter battle. Find out how and why men use this charged word.
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⿰  亻 (人) man  奄 suffocate  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 俺 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 俺 is used 8 times, read 1 way.
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お れ 0
I; me  (sounds rough or arrogant; male term or language)
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An additional 4 less common words include 俺 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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俺
おれ me, I   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
奄
エン    suffocate, obstruct   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
电
electricity
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乚
second   おつ    
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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