Question

員 いな, かず 委員(いいん): committee member会員(かいいん): member; the membership議員(ぎいん): member of the Diet, congress or parliament職員(しょくいん): staff member; personnel全員(ぜんいん): all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody従業員(じゅうぎょういん): employee; worker定員(ていいん): fixed number of regular personnel; capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.)公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant教員(きょういん): teaching staff店員(てんいん): shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson満員(まんいん): full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded動員(どういん): mobilization; mobilisation行員(こういん): bank clerk工員(こういん): factory worker員(いん): member 3 口: mouth貝: shellfish 口 3 (none) employee An employee is basically a shellfish with a mouth.

Accepted Answer

イン employee, member, number, the one in charge 4 54 10 30 くち・くちへん 象形 Pictographic An employee (member of the company) has to clam up his mouth if he wants keep the job! 59

Kanji	員
Onyomi	イン
Nanori	いな, かず
English	employee, member, number, the one in charge
Examples	委員(いいん): committee member 会員(かいいん): member; the membership 議員(ぎいん): member of the Diet, congress or parliament 職員(しょくいん): staff member; personnel 全員(ぜんいん): all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody 従業員(じゅうぎょういん): employee; worker 定員(ていいん): fixed number of regular personnel; capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.) 公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant 教員(きょういん): teaching staff 店員(てんいん): shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson 満員(まんいん): full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded 動員(どういん): mobilization; mobilisation 行員(こういん): bank clerk 工員(こういん): factory worker 員(いん): member
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	54
Components	口: mouth 貝: shellfish
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	employee
Koohii Story 1	An employee (member of the company) has to clam up his mouth if he wants keep the job!
Koohii Story 2	An employee is basically a shellfish with a mouth.
RTK Index (new)	59

Member Employee Staff Worker Full Mouth Shellfish 員