員 is a SUFFIX - it goes after any word for shop, to mean "a person who works in such a shop." For example,
Onyomi
Mnemonic
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When you give your money to the clerk IN the store, she uses her mouth to say thanks .
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Jukugo
店員
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shop staff
★★★★★
店 (shop) + 員 (clerk)
= 店員 (shop staff)
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全員
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all members
★★★★☆
全 (all) + 員 (clerk)
= 全員 (all members)
all the members of the group
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駅員
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train station staff.
★★★☆☆
駅 (train station) + 員 (clerk)
= 駅員 (train station staff. )
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委員
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member of a committee.
★☆☆☆☆
委 (member) + 員 (clerk)
= 委員 (member of a committee.)
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