Chinese symbol for “draftsman”
起造员
qǐ zào yuán
Traditional: 起造員
draftsman; draughtsman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for draftsman is 起造员 (qǐ zào yuán), defined as: draftsman; draughtsman.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 起造员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 想起 | xiǎng qǐ | to recall; to think of |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “draftsman”.
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.