读者群 (dú zhě qún) — readership; community of readers

Definition

A compound noun for the 'readership' — the body of readers a publication or author reaches, treated as a single audience group. Plural 'readers' (读者) is individuals; 读者群 is the collective demographic.

noun
readershipcommunity of readers

Examples

  • 读者群。
    Zhè běn zá zhì de dú zhě qún zhèng zài bú duàn kuò dà.
    The readership of this magazine is constantly expanding.
  • 读者群。
    Zuò zhě tōng guò shè jiāo méi tǐ xī yǐn xīn de dú zhě qún.
    The author attracts new readers through social media.
  • 读者群。
    Liǎo jiě dú zhě qún de xū qiú shì nèi róng chuàng zuò de guān jiàn.
    Understanding the readership's needs is key to content creation.

Origin

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.

读者reader
读dúread者zhěperson
后缀Suffix
群qúngroup

“读者” means readers, and “群” is a group, giving a community of readers.

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 讀; 读 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánto say
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧶠
𧶠𧶠讀dú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 讀 is made of 言 ('to say') and 𧶠 (giving the sound); this description is about 讀, not 读.

Open 读 →

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 →

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
羊羊yáng
Sound part声符shēngfú
君
君jūn群
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

群 pairs 羊, a sheep, to point to a herd or group, with 君 giving the sound.

Open 群 →

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