俺
ǎn
#2,743 most
frequent character
I (northern dialects)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
俺 is 亻 person with 奄 yǎn, which means wide or big and also supplies the sound. The first sense was 'big'. The sense 'I; we' was borrowed for the sound alone, with no link to the shape.
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