yuán

person; employee; member

Radical: 口 HSK 3 g, q, n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

员 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: .

Words containing 员

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 员.

一员
yī yuán
专员
zhuān yuán
assistant director
人员
rén yuán
staff
会员
huì yuán
member
伤员
shāng yuán
wounded person
党员
dǎng yuán
political party member
全员
quán yuán
complete personnel
兵员
bīng yuán
soldiers
冗员
rǒng yuán
excess personnel
减员
jiǎn yuán
动员
dòng yuán
to mobilize
员外
yuán wài
landlord (old usage)

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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