僕

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script and the early Western Zhou bronze script, it was a of a slave or prisoner, with hands holding a basket  to pick up garbage, an instrument of punishment  above the head, and a tail  to represent the slave's low status, akin to animals.

later corrupts into, the hands move below , and the slave's body  moves to become the left component. Later, corrupts into  (probably by fusing with ) and combines with  to give, which functions as a phonetic component.

In the current form, it is essentially a.

Etymology
Probably related to 🇨🇬.

Alternatively, compare it to 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) servant; slave (often male)
 * 2)  I; me; your humble servant
 * 3)  coachman; groom
 * 4)  to attach; to adhere
 * 1)  to attach; to adhere

Kanji

 * 1) I (masculine speech)
 * 2) manservant

Etymology 1
Shift in reading to use the on'yomi, becoming prevalent from around the.

Noun

 * 1) manservant, servant

Pronoun

 * 1)  I; me (personal pronoun; usually used by males; implies that the speaker is a young boy or otherwise boyish)
 * 2) you, he, she
 * 1) you, he, she
 * 1) you, he, she
 * 1) you, he, she
 * 1) you, he, she
 * 1) you, he, she

Usage notes

 * If used by an adult male, semi-formal; in formal conversation is preferred.

Etymology 2
Originally a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) manservant, servant
 * 2) a man of low social status
 * 3) a low-ranking civil servant
 * 1) a man of low social status
 * 2) a low-ranking civil servant