員

employee

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingイン

JLPT level: N3 Jōyō Grade 3

Meanings

employeeRtK
member
number
the one in charge

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth 囗variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 59

Compound words

店員てんいん

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

公務員こうむいん

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

委員いいん

committee member

会員かいいん

member; the membership

議員ぎいん

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

全員ぜんいん

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

一員いちいん

one person; one member

員数いんずう

(total) number (of people or things); count; quota

駅員えきいん

(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff

課員かいん

section staff

客員きゃくいん

guest member; associate member; honorary member

局員きょくいん

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

欠員けついん

vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position

行員こういん

bank clerk

社員しゃいん

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

乗員じょういん

crew member; crewman; crew

職員しょくいん

staff member; employee; worker; personnel

人員じんいん

number of persons; personnel

船員せんいん

sailor; seaman; seafarer

増員ぞういん

increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

隊員たいいん

troops; group members; team members; SDF officials

Additional Examples

彼は特派員として海外に派遣された。

He was sent abroad as a correspondent.tatoeba

彼は店員に金を渡した。

He handed the salesclerk the money.tatoeba

彼は大統領警備隊の一員だ。

He's working on the president's security detail.tatoeba

彼は大尉以上の者を全員招集した。

He called together everyone who was a captain and above.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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