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The character '员' derives from its traditional counterpart '員', structurally built from the component '口' representing an enclosure or boundary and '貝' denoting valuable objects or currency, together conveying the idea of a countable number of persons within a defined circle or group. Initially used to specify an individual occupying a particular role or a member of a collective, its semantic scope gradually widened to generically indicate personnel, staff, or members within various institutional and organizational frameworks. The transition to the simplified form '员' involved condensing the '貝' element to '贝', a structural adjustment that maintained the core conceptual link to membership while refining the character's visual composition. Throughout its historical development, the character has preserved its fundamental association with the notion of belonging to a specific set or entity, reflecting an adaptive yet consistent linguistic function.
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他是一名员工。
我们公司有很多员工。
她是这个俱乐部的会员。
那位服务员很友好。
飞行员每天都要训练。
研究人员正在研究新项目。
作为一名管理员，他负责维护系统。
这位演员在电影中的表演非常出色。