Chinese symbol for “writer”
作者
zuò zhě
author; writer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for writer is 作者 (zuò zhě), defined as: author; writer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “writer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文学家 (文學家) | wén xué jiā | writer; man of letters |
| 笔者 (筆者) | bǐ zhě | the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself) |
| 作手 | zuò shǒu | writer; expert |
| 词人墨客 (詞人墨客) | cí rén mò kè | (idiom) writer; wordsmith |
| 撰述 | zhuàn shù | to compose (a piece of writing); to write |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 作者.
| 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 |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or; possibly; maybe; perhaps |
See also: Japanese symbol for “writer”.
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.