Onyomi: イン · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Kanji for employee, member, number, the one in charge
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The kanji 員 combines the “mouth” radical (口) with the character for “complete” or “circle” (貝), symbolizing a person who speaks or acts as part of a group. In ancient times, it represented a member, someone belonging to an organization or community. 員 came to mean member, personnel, or employee, capturing inclusion, responsibility, and participation.
A mouth within a circle — 員 means member, personnel, or employee.
Imagine a person as part of a team, contributing their voice — that’s 員, the kanji for member or employee.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 員 | いん | member | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 員数 | いんずう | (total) number (of people or things), count, quota | common Noun |
| 員外 | いんがい | non-membership | Noun |
| 員名 | いんめい | member name | Noun |
| 員に備わるのみ | いんにそなわるのみ | being a member of staff but useless as a worker | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 員林鎮 | Yuanlin, Changhua | Wikipedia definition | |
| 員林駅 | Yuanlin Station | Wikipedia definition | |
| 員山郷 | Yuanshan, Yilan | Wikipedia definition | |
| 員村駅 | Yuancun Station | Wikipedia definition |