朕

Derived characters

 * 𠹻, 㴨, 㮳, 𨃵, 𨫇, 𣞅, 勝, 塍, 螣, 縢, 𠗲, 滕, 黱, 騰, 幐, 賸, 榺, 謄

Glyph origin
, corruption of an, seen in the oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions, originally meaning “to mend a boat”. It was later borrowed to be used as a first-person pronoun.

Definitions

 * 1)  I; my similar to the royal we; reserved for use by the emperor since the Qin Dynasty
 * 2)   omen; sign
 * 1)   omen; sign
 * 1)   omen; sign
 * 1)   omen; sign
 * 1)   omen; sign

Usage notes

 * In modern Chinese slang, sense 1 may sometimes be used ironically and humourously to refer to oneself.

Kanji

 * 1)  I similar to the royal we

Pronoun

 * 1)  I, me similar to the royal we

Usage notes
After the, this pronoun has fallen out of use. Since then, the emperors of Japan refer to themselves with the pronoun.

Etymology
From.

Hanja

 * 1)   similar to the royal we

Han character

 * 1)   similar to the royal we