摄影者 (shè yǐng zhě) — photographer; cameraman

Definition

noun

photographercameraman

摄影者。
Nà wèi shè yǐng zhě zhèng zài pāi shè rì luò.
That photographer is shooting the sunset.
摄影者，。
Zuò wéi yì míng xīn wén shè yǐng zhě, tā jīng cháng chū chāi.
As a news photographer, he often travels on business.
摄影者。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng de shè yǐng zhě yòng le hěn duō chuàng xīn shǒu fǎ.
The cinematographer of this film used many innovative techniques.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

摄影photography

动宾Verb + object

“摄影者” names someone who takes images with a camera.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 攝; 摄 is its simplified writing.

扌聶攝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

聶

聶niè攝shè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 攝 combines 扌 (hand) with 聶 as a sound part; the simplified 摄 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

景彡影

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彡彡shān

Sound part声符shēngfú

景

Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.