Kanji

What does the kanji 員 mean?

員 means staff member, employee; member. On'yomi イン.

Quick facts
On'yomiイン
Strokes10
Main radical口
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
On'yomi イン
N4 · estimated, JLPT framework10 strokes

staff member, employee; member

Memory hook

A mouth (口) that draws a wage, set above money (貝) — a member of staff — MEMBER.

Main radical

口mouth 3 strokes

Stroke order · 10 strokes

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Common words

  • 公務員こうむいんcivil servant, government employee

More words with this kanji

  • 店員てんいんshop clerk, store employee
  • ~員~いん~ member, member of ~
  • 会員かいいんmember (of an association)
  • 全員ぜんいんall members, everyone
  • 委員いいんcommittee member
  • 社員しゃいんcompany employee
  • 議員ぎいんmember of parliament, councilor
  • 定員ていいんcapacity, fixed number of people
  • 工員こういんfactory worker
  • 満員まんいんfull (of people), no vacancy
  • 動員どういんmobilization
  • 職員しょくいんstaff, personnel
  • 従業員じゅうぎょういんemployee, worker

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Data sources and licences

English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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