员 yuán person; employee; member
Made up of [口 kǒu mouth radical 30, 贝 bèi shell; precious; cowrie shell radical 154]Alternative traditional form of character: 員
A 'mouth' on top of 'money' suggests a paid employee
Related characters
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 古 gǔ (ancient) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 或 huò (maybe) 吉 jí (lucky) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 问 wèn (ask) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 语 yǔ (language) 曰 yuē (to speak) 占 zhān (to observe) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)
Also uses 贝 bèi component: 厕 cè (toilet) 贵 guì (precious) 贫 pín (poor) 赏 shǎng (to hand down) 贴 tiē (to stick) 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause) 贞 zhēn (chaste)
Sounds same
元 yuán (primary) 原 yuán (former) 园 yuán (park)Different tone
远 yuǎn (far) 院 yuàn (courtyard) 愿 yuàn (to hope)Pronunciation
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