# 員 — Member

Frequency rank 194 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 川 (River), less common than 判 (Judge).

- On’yomi: いん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 10

The chewing wall Mouth is set into the crown of a Shellfish the size of a car, and it barks a number at whoever steps up and saws it into the shell as one more ridge.

In words:

- 員 いん — member
- 店員 てんいん — shop assistant
- 委員 いいん — committee member

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