How to Write 俺 (ǎn) — Meaning “I or me (dialect)”

Picture a person (亻) pointing to themselves and saying "An" like the sound ǎn. This connects the person radical to the pronunciation 奄. You can also imagine someone saying "I, an (俺) ordinary guy" to link the sound and meaning.

First write the 亻 radical as two strokes: a left-falling stroke and a vertical stroke. Then write the right side 奄: start with a horizontal, a left-falling, and a right-falling stroke (forming 大), then add a vertical, a horizontal fold, two horizontal strokes, and finish with a vertical hook. Common mistake is to forget the final hook or make the right side too narrow.

俺 (ǎn) means "I" in dialect and has 奄 on the right. 佬 (lǎo) means "guy" or "old man" and has 老 (old) on the right. 佩 (pèi) means "to admire" or "to wear" and has a different right side with 巾 and 几. In writing, the right parts are visually distinct: 奄 vs 老 vs a more complex shape.

俺 is a dialectal pronoun used mainly in northern China, especially in rural areas or informal speech. It means "I" or "me" but sounds rustic and is not used in standard Mandarin or formal writing. You might hear it in TV shows or stories set in places like Shandong or Hebei.

Common words containing 俺 include: 俺们 (ǎn men) — we or us (dialect); 俺家 (ǎn jiā) — my home or my family; 俺爹 (ǎn diē) — my dad (dialect).