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員 = 貝 + 口
員 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “employee”. It is built from 貝 (shellfish) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 59. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- employee
- RTK frame
- 59
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- イン
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- служащий, member
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 員 member
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 員
How to find 員 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shellfish” + “mouth”. 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.