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員 = 口 + 貝

員 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “member”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 貝 (sea shell). It appears as a component in 18 other characters in this index.

Keyword
member
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yuán
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
член
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
員 employee

Decomposition

ids

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 貝 sea shell

Characters that contain 員

How to find 員 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “sea shell”. 員 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 員 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.