作者

作者

1. author; writer

   作者不明的故事  ―  zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì  ―  a story of unknown authorship

   我從來沒有想到他是那本小說的作者。 [MSC, trad.]
   我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiǎngdào tā shì nà běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě. [Pinyin]

   It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.

   作者水平有限，如有錯漏，望大家指正。 [MSC, trad.]
   作者水平有限，如有错漏，望大家指正。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòzhě shuǐpíng yǒuxiàn, rú yǒu cuòlòu, wàng dàjiā zhǐzhèng. [Pinyin]

   The author's ability has its limits; feedback regarding errors and omissions is welcome.

2. (archaic) creator; founder
3. (archaic) builder; constructor

While writer and author can both be translated as 作家 (zuòjiā) or 作者 (zuòzhě) depending on the context, the former term can only refer to a writer who is relatively well-established, while the latter term can refer to any person who writes a text. 著者 (zhùzhě) shares the same meaning as 作者 (zuòzhě). 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě) is usually used self-reflexively.

• (author; writer): 著者 (zhùzhě)

• 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě)
• 作家 (zuòjiā)

• (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sáꜜkùshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) さくしゃ [sàkúshá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

作(さく)者(しゃ) • (sakusha) 

1. the creator of a work, such as an author, writer, poet, or artist
   • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうしち)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:

     きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね

     Kirei na hoshizora da ne

     Look at that beautiful starry sky

     そうね

     Sō ne

     It is, isn’t it?

     あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)

     A nagareboshi

     Ah, a shooting star

     何(なに)か　願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？

     Nani ka Negaigoto shita?

     What’d you wish for?

     ——うん　このシーンが１(ひと)コマでも長(なが)く続(つづ)きますようにって

     ——Un kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte

     —Umm, I wished I could drag this scene forever

     ……作(さく)者(しゃ)思(おも)いだね

     ……Sakusha omoi da ne

     …Typical author’s wish, huh?

• 著(ちょ)者(しゃ) (chosha, “author of a book”)

• 戯(げ)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gesakusha)
• 原(げん)作(さく)者(しゃ) (gensakusha)
• 創(そう)作(さく)者(しゃ) (sōsakusha)
• 著(ちょ)作(さく)者(しゃ) (chosakusha)

• → Chinese: 作者 (zuòzhě)
• → Korean: 작자 (jakja)
• → Vietnamese: tác giả

作者 • (jakja) (hangeul 작자)

1. hanja form^? of 작자 (“author”)

作者

1. chữ Hán form of tác giả (“author”)