俺 (ǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “I”. It is written from 亻 (person (the form 人 takes on the left)) and 奄 (to cover; (in 奄奄) faint, feeble), side by side, and takes 10 strokes.
Build the character for “I; we (dialectal)”
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Structure
亻 + 奄
Left–right structure
Structure from: 说文解字: 俺，大也。从人，奄声。（此处只描述现代字形构成）
Memory aid
A person (亻) standing beside 奄 (yǎn). 奄 lends the sound: 俺 is read ǎn — close, but not identical. Picture that person pointing at themselves: 俺 is a homely, northern way of saying “I” or “we”.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
10 strokes
In real words
- 俺们ǎn menwe; us (dialectal)俺 = ǎn
Go deeper
All readings
I; we (dialectal)
I; me; we; us (northern dialect and colloquial use)
方言代词，指我或我们（多见于北方口语）。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 俺们ǎn menwe; us (dialectal)俺 = ǎn
Sound component
奄 family rime near
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 俺 mean?
俺 (ǎn) means I; me; we; us (northern dialect and colloquial use).
How do you pronounce 俺?
It is pronounced ǎn.
What parts is 俺 made of?
亻 (person (the form 人 takes on the left)) and 奄 (to cover; (in 奄奄) faint, feeble), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字: 俺，大也。从人，奄声。（此处只描述现代字形构成）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 俺 have?
10. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 俺?
人. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 俺?
Common ones are 俺们. The reading of 俺 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.