員 — won

Parts that make up 員

How 員 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 員 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 〇, 鼎, 圓.

Korean example words with 員

• 금원金員 Korean gloss: 돈의 액수
• 선원船員 Korean gloss: 배의 승무원
• 실원實員 Korean gloss: 실제의 인원
• 파원派員 Korean gloss: 파견된 사람
• 현원現員 Korean gloss: 현재의 인원
• 계원契員 Korean gloss: 계에 든 사람
• 충원充員 Korean gloss: 인원수를 채움
• 학원學員 Korean gloss: 공부하는 인원
• 당원黨員 Korean gloss: 당파를 이룬 사람
• 만원滿員 Korean gloss: 정한 인원이 다 참
• 전원全員 Korean gloss: 소속된 인원의 전체
• 조원組員 Korean gloss: 한조를 이루는 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 員

• 委員いいん committee member
• 会員かいいん member; the membership
• 議員ぎいん member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament
• 職員しょくいん staff member; employee; worker
• 委員会いいんかい committee; commission; board
• 委員長いいんちょう chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman
• 社員しゃいん company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
• 全員ぜんいん all members; all hands; everyone
• 役員やくいん director; executive; officer
• 国会議員こっかいぎいん member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament
• 従業員じゅうぎょういん employee; worker
• 定員ていいん fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota

Characters sharing the phonetic 員

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “원”

Other hanja with radical 口