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Kanji Detail for 員 - "number, member"

員

  • Meaning

    員 means "number, member." Also associated with circumference.

    1. Number - Count of people or things.

    2. Member - An official; someone belonging to a group.

    3. Circumference - Perimeter; width.

    4. Circle - A round shape.

    5. To increase - To add; to grow.

  • Words using 員

    • 会員 かいいん Listen member; the membership
    • 委員 いいん Listen committee member
    • 職員 しょくいん Listen staff member; employee; worker
    • 議員 ぎいん Listen member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament
    • 委員会 いいんかい Listen committee; commission; board
    • 委員長 いいんちょう Listen chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman
    • 全員 ぜんいん Listen all members; all hands; everyone
    • 役員 やくいん Listen director; executive; officer

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    • Verified meaning: number, member
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かず)
    • Also carries these associations: circumference

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 員

    Given names 員(かず)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    employee; member; number; the one in charge

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    member; personnel, staff member

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    employee; member; personnel, staff

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Number of people. Such as a certain number of people is called 若干員. | Same as 隕. 幅隕 is also written as 幅員, referring to the size of territory.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    in(イン) イン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    number member circumference circle increase official surroundings personnel employee staff colleague crew group team organization count perimeter associate

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