員 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- イン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- member, staff
Origin
口 (round) + 貝 (originally 鼎, a round vessel) — from counting round vessels, it came to mean the 'number, member' of people.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| イン | 満員・定員・社員 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 店員てんいん
shop clerk
- 駅員えきいん
station staff
Example
店員さんに みちを ききました。
I asked the shop clerk for directions.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)