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[quote=GO_FISH_WXY,426973]Ok, I'd like to give my views on your question.
I am Chinese, and can also speak Japanese very fluently as my main work language.
Basically, almost all Kanji-characters(Chinese characters) in Japanese Language origined from China over centuries.
俺 is very local dialect characters mainly used in North China, not limited to North eastern part of China.
And people who often use 俺 are currently considered as humble villager, especially in South and Central China. The extent of usage of 俺 are much wider in ancient China than modern China.
In Japan, 俺 are also widely used in casual or unofficial occasions, such as speaking with your junior or fellow family members. As unwritten rule, 俺 can only be used by male in Japan.
But you should keep it in mind that Kanji-characters has gradually lost to other forms of Characters in Japanese(e.g syllabic scripts and Latin alphabet). Some Japanese people even don't know  how to write 俺 when they speak this word. Instead, they prefer to write this word in other form of syllabic script(KATAKANA)：オレ。
俺's mainly used in casual and unoffical occasion in Both China and Japan.
In some Japanese's view,俺 can even be classified into unpolite language.[/quote]

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