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剧作家 (jù zuò jiā) — playwright, dramatist

Definition

noun
playwrightdramatist
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 剧作家。
    Nà wèi jù zuò jiā xiě le yí bù zhù míng de lì shǐ jù.
    That playwright wrote a famous historical drama.
  • 剧作家。
    Zhè wèi nián qīng de jù zuò jiā zhèng zài chuàng zuò xīn jù běn.
    This young playwright is creating a new script.
  • 剧作家。
    jù zuò jiā De yǔ yán fēng gé fēi cháng dú tè.
    The playwright's language style is very unique.

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.

剧作drama work
剧jùdrama作zuòwork
偏正Modifier + head
家jiāspecialist

剧作 refers to dramatic work, and 家 names a person who creates 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 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
豦
豦jù劇jù
Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

Open 剧 →

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 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →
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