员

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

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #202 U+5458

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

money

components: 口贝

employee · Heisig RSH #55

口 mouth + 贝 shellfish + clam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 员 as their sound component

These characters all use 员 (yuán) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
员 sound component	yuán	employee; member; personnel, staff
圆	yuán	circle; circular, round; complete
损	sǔn	to damage, to harm
勋	xūn	deeds, feats; merit; rank
陨	yǔn	to slip, to fall; to drop; to die
殒	yǔn	to die, to fall, to perish, to vanish
郧	yún	a county in Hubei province
筼	yún	tall bamboo
埙	xūn	ocarina

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三无人员	sān wú rén yuán	person without identification papers, a normal residence permit or a source of income
开发人员	kāi fā rén yuán	developer
会员国	huì yuán guó	member nation
成员国	chéng yuán guó	member country
工作人员	gōng zuò rén yuán	staff member
人员	rén yuán	staff; crew; personnel; CL:個\|个[ge4]
大员	dà yuán	high official
一员	yī yuán	a member (of an organization)
主管人员	zhǔ guǎn rén yuán	executive
学员	xué yuán	student; member of an institution of learning; officer cadet
理发员	lǐ fà yuán	barber; hairdresser
全体人员	quán tǐ rén yuán	crew
生员	shēng yuán	scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
保安人员	bǎo ān rén yuán	security personnel; member of police force
海员	hǎi yuán	sailor; mariner
动员	dòng yuán	to mobilize; mobilization; CL:次[ci4]
行员	háng yuán	(Tw) staff; clerk; employee (of a bank 銀行\|银行[yin2 hang2] or commercial firm 商行[shang1 hang…
会员	huì yuán	member
空中交通管制员	kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì yuán	air traffic controller
工作管理员	gōng zuò guǎn lǐ yuán	(computing) task manager (Tw)