Chinese symbol for “playwright”
剧作家
jù zuò jiā
Traditional: 劇作家
playwright
The closest CC-CEDICT match for playwright is 剧作家 (jù zuò jiā), defined as: playwright.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “playwright”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剧作家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电视剧 (電視劇) | diàn shì jù | TV series; TV drama |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 剧情 (劇情) | jù qíng | story line; plot |
| 剧本 (劇本) | jù běn | script; screenplay; scenario; libretto |
| 编剧 (編劇) | biān jù | to write a play; scenario |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “playwright”.
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.