noun

  1. spy, agent provocateur, covert operative.
  2. maker, builder, constructor.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
工作員 こうさくいん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
make, production, prepare
サク つく.る サ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)
employee, member, number
イン いな かず (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)