Meaning

Primary

Personnel

Alternatives

Staff, Employee

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

The employment members of a workplace are the personnel or staff. Pretty straightforward!

職員 and 社員 are two similar terms, but have different meanings. 社員 generally refers to employees of private companies, while 職員 refers to employees who work in various fields such as civil service, education, government, non-profits, and more.

Reading

しょくいん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

私は教師ではありませんが、学校職員です。

I’m not a teacher, but I am part of the school staff.

職員達も、試験に備えて勉強しています。

The employees are studying to prepare for an examination too.

うちの職員は、みんな卵を割るのが上手なんですよ。

Our staff are all good at cracking eggs.

Kanji Composition