摄影家 (shè yǐng jiā) — photographer

Definition

noun
photographer
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 摄影家。
    Tā shì yí gè yǒu míng de shè yǐng jiā.
    He is a famous photographer.
  • 摄影家。
    Zhè wèi shè yǐng jiā pāi le hěn duō měi lì de fēng jǐng zhào.
    This photographer took many beautiful landscape photos.
  • 摄影家。
    Tā zài bó wù guǎn jǔ bàn de shè yǐng jiā zuò pǐn zhǎn hěn shòu huān yíng.
    The exhibition of the photographer's works held at the museum was very popular.

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.

摄影photography
摄shètake/photograph影yǐngimage
动宾Verb + object
家jiāperson skilled

摄影 means taking images, and 家 points to a person skilled in this activity.

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 攝; 摄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
聶
聶niè攝shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 攝 combines 扌 (hand) with 聶 as a sound part; the simplified 摄 is a later shorthand.

Open 摄 →

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
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

Open 影 →

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.

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