署しょ員いん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

staff member; official; station employee

Refers to a person who works at a public office, station, or institute. 署員 is typical for police/fire stations; 所員 for research institutes or offices.

警けい察さつ署しょの署しょ員いんが現げん場ばに駆かけつけた。
Police station staff rushed to the scene.
研けん究きゅう所じょの所しょ員いんが新あたらしい論ろん文ぶんを発はっ表ぴょうした。
A member of the research institute published a new paper.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に署しょ員いんが駆かけつけるstation staff rush to a location
通つう報ほうを受うけて、署しょ員いんが現げん場ばに駆かけつけた。
After receiving the report, the station staff rushed to the scene.
署しょ員いんによるとaccording to station staff
署しょ員いんによると、事じ件けんは深しん夜やに起おきたという。
According to station staff, the incident happened late at night.

Kanji

署signature, govt office, police station
員employee, member, number
所place, extent

Related words

職しょく員いんN1
職員 is a general term for any staff member in an organization, while 署員 specifically means a staff member at a police or fire station.
局きょく員いん
局員 refers to a staff member of a 局 (bureau, post office, broadcasting station), whereas 署員 refers to a staff member of a 署 (police or fire station).
隊たい員いん
隊員 emphasizes membership in a squad or corps (like a fire brigade), while 署員 emphasizes being on the staff of the station itself.

Counted with

名めいN2
counter for people (honorific) · first name; given name · famous; great; noted · name; title · noun (grammar)

Word family

消しょう防ぼう署しょ員いん
fire station worker; firefighter (station-based)

Written forms

署しょ員いんUsage36%
Standard kanji spelling for a member of a government office, police station, fire station, etc.
所しょ員いんUsage64%
Used for a member of a research institute, office, or similar establishment. Slightly less frequent than 署員.

Etymology

Compound of 署 (station/office) or 所 (place/office) + 員 (member). The reading しょいん is shared by both kanji forms.