社員

See also: 社员

Chinese
society; group person; employee; member
trad. (社員) 社 員
simp. (社员) 社 员

Pronunciation

Noun

社員

  1. member (of a club, society, commune etc.)

Coordinate terms

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
社 員
しゃ
Grade: 2		 いん
Grade: 3
kan’on
Alternative spelling
社員 (kyūjitai)

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First cited to a text from the late 1870s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

社(しゃ)員(いん) • (shain) ←しやゐん (syawin)?

  1. [from late 1870s] member of a company
    社員(しゃいん)食(しょく)堂(どう)
    shain shokudō
    staff cafeteria

Usage notes

Often used with reference to a particular company. For “company employee” as an occupation, 会(かい)社(しゃ)員(いん) (kaishain) is often used.

References
  1. “社員”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
社員

Noun

社員 • (sawon) (hangeul 사원)

  1. Hanja form? of 사원 (“member of a company”).
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