員 – employee, member, number

10 strokesTaught in grade 3#54 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 員 means employee, member, number, the one in charge. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イン (in). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イン	in

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 貝・目・ハ・口.

Words using 員

員いんmember店員てんいんemployee (of a store)公務員こうむいんpublic employee委員いいんcommittee member会員かいいんmember議員ぎいんmember of an assembly全員ぜんいんall members工員こういんfactory worker定員ていいんfixed number (of people)満員まんいんfull house動員どういんmobilization職員しょくいんstaff member従業員じゅうぎょういんemployee

Example sentences

彼はまったくの民主党員だ。

He is heart and soul a Democrat.

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店員はその荷物にラベルをつけた。

The clerk labeled the baggage.

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彼は２０年前、大学を卒業するとすぐに公務員になった。

He entered civil service 20 years ago right after college.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合問和名向告品各台口営可商味命

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