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创造者 (chuàng zào zhě) — creator

Definition

noun
creator
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 创造者。
    Zhè wèi yì shù jiā shì zhè fú huà de chuàng zào zhě.
    This artist is the creator of this painting.
  • 创造者。
    Měi gè wěi dà de fā míng bèi hòu dōu yǒu yí wèi chuàng zào zhě.
    Behind every great invention there is a creator.
  • 创造者，。
    Zuò wéi zhè ge xiàng mù de chuàng zào zhě, tā fù chū le hěn duō nǔ lì.
    As the creator of this project, he put in a lot of effort.

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.

创造create
创chuàngcreate造zàomake
联合Coordinate
者zhěone who

创造 'create' with 者 'one who' names the person 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
辵辵chuòto walk
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
屮
屮chè造zào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Its origin is unclear, but early forms of 造 include 辵 (to walk) and 口, with 屮 as a sound part, and mean go or arrive.

Open 造 →

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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