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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

54 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: employee, member, number, the one in charge

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: イン

Composition: 口 貝

員

Radical

Radical: 口

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

⼝

Examples

Examples with audio

社員(しゃいん)   company employee

店員(てんいん)   salesperson

職員(しょくいん)   staff member

議員(ぎいん)   member of congress

委員(いいん)   committee member

全員(ぜんいん)   all members

満員(まんいん)   full, crowded [n.]

定員(ていいん)   fixed number, capacity

会社員(かいしゃいん)   company employee

公務員(こうむいん)   public (civil) servant

Onyomi Examples

員 (イン) member

員数 (インズウ) (total) number (of people or things), count, quota

随員 (ズイイン) member of an entourage or retinue or party, attendant

執行委員 (シッコウイイン) executive committee

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