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員

Member
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingイン
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 12

Verbs with «員»

動員する

Meanings

  1. member
  2. employeeRtK
  3. number
  4. the one in charge

Homonyms

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Same reading (いん)
印 · stamp因 · cause韻 · rhyme

Popular Usage

店員公務員委員会員議員全員工員教員

Radicals and components

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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
工員こういん
factory worker
社員しゃいん
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
吏員りいん
official
会社員かいしゃいん
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
教員きょういん
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
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

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

Member, staff. 口 (a person, a 'mouth') + 貝 (money) — someone on the payroll.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 員

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step