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缔造者 (dì zào zhě) — founder (of a nation, institution, or great work); creator (of a monumental achievement)

Definition

A formal, written term for the 'founder' of a nation, institution, or major undertaking — emphasizes building something from nothing, more grand and literary than everyday 创建者.

noun
founder (of a nation, institution, or great work)creator (of a monumental achievement)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 缔造者。
    Zhè wèi dì zào zhě jiàn lì le xiàn dài jiào yù tǐ xì.
    This founder established the modern education system.
  • 缔造者。
    Tā bèi yù wéi gòng hé guó de dì zào zhě zhī yī.
    He is hailed as one of the founders of the republic.
  • 缔造者。
    Zhè zuò chéng shì de dì zào zhě shì yí wèi wěi dà de jiàn zhù shī.
    The creator of this city was a great architect.

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.

缔造
缔dìform造zàomake
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

缔造 describes creating or founding something, and 者 means the person who does 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 締; 缔 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
帝
帝dì締dì
Same sound today

The traditional form 締 combines 糸 as the meaning side with 帝 for sound; the simplified 缔 is a later shorthand.

Open 缔 →

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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