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員 means 'employee'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 165   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-4    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 9    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 435 words   Used in 155 names   Component in 19 kanji (4 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   イン
Additional readings
Name    いな   かず
Variants
员 (Chinese)  
Components
⿱  口 mouth  貝 shellfish  
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買 buy  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 員 is used 27 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 員 is used 433 times, read 1 way.
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noun
member; the membership
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Additional less common words include 員 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 248 (originally: 228)  Joy o' Kanji : 228  Key to Kanji: 26 

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員
イン    employee   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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