員

• 読み: いん
• ローマ字: in
• 漢字の分解: 員 (in) — member, personnel
• 発音: /iɴ/

意味

Member; personnel. A suffix meaning 'a member of ~' or 'person in a role.'

Primarily used as a suffix attached to other words to indicate membership or a role, such as 会社員 (kaishain, company employee), 委員 (iin, committee member), 店員 (tenin, store clerk), and 駅員 (ekiin, station staff). Rarely used alone. One of the most productive suffixes in Japanese for describing occupations and roles.

例文

1. 兄は銀行の行員です。
2. 委員になりたい人はいますか。
3. 店員にサイズを聞きました。

使い方ガイド

場面: work, organizations, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Chinese 員 (yuán). The kanji originally depicted a round vessel, and its meaning extended to 'a member of a circle/group,' then to 'member' or 'personnel' in general.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal