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員
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
员
🇨🇳

employee

HSK 10 N3
Human →Relations →Occupations
yuán
イン
원
Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Traditional (員)
◎ characterless component+ 鼎 old cooking pot =
員 employee
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a circle.
鼎 Iconic component
dǐng old cooking pot
large, three-legged bronze caldron
Simplified (员)
◎ characterless component+ 贝 sea shell =
员 member
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a circle.
贝 Iconic component
bèi sea shell
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
員
Regular
Modern
Chinese
员 / 員 [yuán]
person; employee; member
Japanese
員 いん 同音
nounn-suf member
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼はまったくの民主党員だ。
He is heart and soul a Democrat.
Japanese Names
員 かず
Kazu female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
人员 [rén​yuán] #1,078
staff
演员 [yǎn​yuán] #1,048
actor or actress
成员 [chéng​yuán] #1,363
member
委员会 [wěi​yuán​huì] #2,146
committee
队员 [duì​yuán] #1,718
team member
员工 [yuán​gōng] #2,194
staff
球员 [qiú​yuán] #3,662
sports club member
官员 [guān​yuán] #4,480
official (in an organization or government)
工作人员 [gōng​zuò​rén​yuán] #1,296
staff member
议员 [yì​yuán] #2,161
member (of a legislative body)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 全員 [ぜんいん] #666
all members
⭐ 店員 [てんいん] #3,279
employee (of a store)
⭐ 職員 [しょくいん] #4,431
staff member
⭐ 一員 [いちいん] #4,943
one person
⭐ 社員 [しゃいん] #5,638
company employee
⭐ 従業員 [じゅうぎょういん] #5,870
employee
⭐ 委員 [いいん] #6,233
committee member
⭐ 委員長 [いいんちょう] #6,236
chairperson (of a committee)
⭐ 人員 [じんいん] #6,764
number of persons
⭐ 委員会 [いいんかい] #6,857
committee
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KOREAN WORDS (49)
요원 #2,784
personnel; workforce
직원 #6,569
employee
공원 #8,264
factory worker
경비원 #12,410
guard; security guard
정원 #12,840
capacity; the maximum number of admissions
위원회 #15,383
committee; commission
대원 #18,147
member; fellow; crew
만원 #21,170
full house
승무원 #26,783
crew member
선원 #30,492
crewman; sailor
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