Chinese symbol for “composer”
作曲家
zuò qǔ jiā
composer; songwriter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for composer is 作曲家 (zuò qǔ jiā), defined as: composer; songwriter.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “composer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 作曲家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “composer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.