Memory phrase for the character: 俺

俺

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Meaning

I (male language), we

Pronunciation


ore

Explanation

 Left: person 人, right: big 大, lower part of dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with huge tail 乚: the dragon.)

Mnemonic
 
The person who is as (boastful as) a big dragon: that's me. (with my toxic masculinity)

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
竜 dragonTraditionally this: 龍 was used for dragon.
乚 kneeing personThe use of this radical is not uniform. It is understood as a lightning rod, hook or kneeling person.




 Vocabulary

俺 おれ  I (ego) (boastful first-person pronoun)

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