JLPT N4 · At work

社員

しゃいん

employee

Stroke order of 社員

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

社 · 7 strokes員 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

社 is an altar 示 on earth 土, a company; 員 is a person with a mouth 口 over a shell 貝.

Parts: 社 company + 員 member

Example sentence

この会社の社員は百人です。

このかいしゃのしゃいんはひゃくにんです。

This company has one hundred employees.

Words with 社

会社company 会社員office worker 社長company president 社会society 神社shrine 退社leaving the office; resignation 入社joining a company 本社head office 正社員full-time employee 社会人working adult 新聞社newspaper company 社交的sociable

Words with 員

店員shop assistant 会社員office worker 公務員civil servant 駅員station staff 正社員full-time employee 職員staff member 役員executive; officer 満員full; packed 議員member of parliament

More words: At work

会議室meeting room 部長department head 課長section chief 同僚colleague 受付reception desk 書類documents 休憩break; rest 通勤commuting 職業occupation 技術technology; skill 会計accounting; bill 産業industry 貿易trade 輸出export 輸入import

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