漢字城 Kanji Fortress

員 employee

Also: member, number, the One In Charge

On'yomi
イン
Strokes
10
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
員 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Every mouth (口) on the payroll is paid in shell money (貝) — a member of staff, an employee.

A common word

  • 会社員 かいしゃいん office worker

Example sentences

  • ちちはかいしゃいんです。

    My father is an office worker.

  • てんいんさんにききました。

    I asked the store clerk.

Don't confuse it with

  • 貢 tribute N1

Kanji that share a part

口 is its radical. 124 kanji share it in all.

貝 is a component. 35 kanji share it in all.