召集人 (zhào jí rén) — convener | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

convener

Measure word · 个

召集人？
Zhè cì huì yì de zhào jí rén shì shuí?
Who is the convener of this meeting?
召集人。
zhào jí rén Fù zé tōng zhī suǒ yǒu chéng yuán.
The convener is responsible for notifying all members.
召集人。
Qǐng zhào jí rén zài kāi huì qián què rèn chū xí rén yuán.
Please, convener, confirm the attendees before the meeting.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

召集summon together

补充Verb + complement

The sense comes from '召' as summon, '集' as gather, and '人' as person; together they denote a person who summons and gathers others.

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.

刀口召

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

刀

刀dāo召zhào

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape of 召 pairs 口 (mouth), for calling out, with 刀 (knife), which supplies the sound; it originally meant to call out or serve wine.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

隹木集

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.