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Chinese symbol for “draughtsman”

起造员
qǐ zào yuán
Traditional: 起造員
draftsman; draughtsman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for draughtsman is 起造员 (qǐ zào yuán), defined as: draftsman; draughtsman.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes
造 zào
to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 起造员.

WordPinyinMeaning
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
想起xiǎng qǐto recall; to think of
造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
制造 (製造)zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

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.

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