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创作者 (chuàng zuò zhě) — creator, author

Definition

noun
creatorauthor
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 创作者。
    Zhè wèi chuàng zuò zhě xiě le hěn duō shòu huān yíng de xiǎo shuō.
    This author has written many popular novels.
  • 创作者，。
    Zuò wéi yí gè yì shù chuàng zuò zhě, tā de zuò pǐn zài guó nèi wài dōu hěn chū míng.
    As an artist, his works are very famous both at home and abroad.
  • 创作者。
    Wǎng luò chuàng zuò zhě xū yào bú duàn chuàng xīn cái néng xī yǐn guān zhòng.
    Online creators need to constantly innovate to attract viewers.

Origin

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.

创作create
创chuàngcreate作zuòmake
联合Coordinate
者zhěone who

创作 means create and 者 points to a person, so a creator is one who creates.

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 創; 创 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng創chuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 創 pairs 倉 with 刀 (knife) to write 'wound', and 倉 gives the pronunciation. The simplified 创 is a later shorthand.

Open 创 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
乍
乍zhà作zuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

Open 作 →

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.

Open 者 →
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