责任者 (zé rèn zhě) — person responsible; the responsible party; the…

Definition

noun

person responsiblethe responsible partythe person in charge

Measure word · 位

责任者。
Zhè jiàn shì de zé rèn zhě bì xū qiān zì què rèn.
The person responsible for this matter must sign to confirm.
，责任者。
Chū xiàn ān quán shì gù shí, zé rèn zhě yào dì yī shí jiān dào xiàn chǎng.
When a safety accident occurs, the person in charge must get to the scene immediately.
责任者。
Měi gè xiàng mù dōu yǒu zhǐ dìng de zé rèn zhě.
Every project has a designated responsible person.

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.

责任responsibility

责zéresponsibility任rènduty

联合Side by side

责任 gives duty, and 者 gives the sense of a person associated with it.

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 責; 责 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèicowry; money

Sound part声符shēngfú

朿

朿cì責zé

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

The traditional form 責 pairs 貝, cowry/money, with 朿 as the sound part; the simplified 责 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.

亻壬任

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

壬

Same sound today

任 pairs 亻, a person, with 壬, which may picture a shoulder pole turned sideways.

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.