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員 — 10 strokes / Radical「口」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 10 strokes / Radical「口」
On
インいん · in
Kun
—
Meaning
member, staff

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

口 (round) + 貝 (originally 鼎, a round vessel) — from counting round vessels, it came to mean the 'number, member' of people.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onインいんin満員まんいん定員ていいん社員しゃいん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 店員てんいん

    shop clerk

  • 駅員えきいん

    station staff

More words with this kanji

  • 委員いいん
  • 委員会いいんかい
  • 係員かかりいん
  • 満員まんいん
  • 党員とういん
  • 従業員じゅうぎょういん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

店員(てんいん)さんに みちを ききました。

I asked the shop clerk for directions.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

店員駅員員店shop駅statio…号number向face君you和harmon…命life院instit…飲drink引to pul…尹govern…允permit
CompoundRadicalReading

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