Kanji: 員 member; employee

JLPT N4 | 10 Strokes

Kanji Parts: 

• 口 mouth; opening
• 貝 shellfish; shells; money

Mnemonic Story: 

Each member who speaks with her mouth 口 must first shell 貝 out some money.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 公務員【こうむいん】 government worker; public servant
• 店員【てんいん】 employee (of a store); clerk
• 全員【ぜんいん】 all members; everyone; all hands

あの子(こ)は、公務員(こうむいん)になるのが夢(ゆめ)だと話(はな)した。

That boy told me that his dream was to become a public servant.

• あの that
• 子 child; boy; girl
• 公務員 public servant; government worker
• になる to become
• のが regarding that [の nominalizes the previous and acts as a pronoun for the entire phrase]
• 夢 dream
• だ is
• と話した said