# 作家
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuòjiā
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zok$^3$ gaa$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dok$^2$ ga$^{1*}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-kâ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chok-ka / chok-kee
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zag$^4$ gê$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuòjiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjia
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$-chia$^1$
*** Yale: dzwò-jyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjia
*** Palladius: цзоцзя (czoczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zok$^3$ gaa$^1$
*** Yale: jok gā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzok$^8$ gaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zog$^3$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dok$^2$ ga$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔk̚⁵⁵ ka³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-kâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog$^ˋ$ ga$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zog$^5$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² ka²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-ka
*** Tâi-lô: tsok-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zokkaf
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-kee
*** Tâi-lô: tsok-kee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɛ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zag$^4$ gê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak ke
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ ke³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsuH|tsaH|tsak kae
Rime :
| Character | 作 | 作 | 作 | 家 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 歌 (94) | 鐸 (103) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | I | II |
| Fanqie | 臧祚切 | 則箇切 | 則落切 | 古牙切 |
| Baxter | tsuH | tsaH | tsak | kae |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡suo$^H$/ | /t͡sɑ$^H$/ | /t͡sɑk̚/ | /kˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡suo$^H$/ | /t͡sɑ$^H$/ | /t͡sɑk̚/ | /kᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡so$^H$/ | /t͡sɑ$^H$/ | /t͡sɑk̚/ | /ka/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɔ$^H$/ | /t͡sa$^H$/ | /t͡sak̚/ | /kaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡so$^H$/ | /t͡sɑ$^H$/ | /t͡sɑk̚/ | /ka/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡su$^H$/ | /t͡sɑ$^H$/ | /t͡sɑk̚/ | /ka/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡suo$^H$/ | /t͡sɑ$^H$/ | /t͡sɑk̚/ | /ka/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zù | zuò | zuo | jiā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zou$^3$ | zo$^3$ | zok$^3$ | gaa$^1$ |

### Noun

作家
* author; writer
       Tā shì wǒ zuì xǐhuān de zuòjiā, méiyǒu zhīyī. [Pinyin]
       She is my number-one favourite author.
* (archaic) connoisseur

#### Usage notes

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／着者 (zhùzhě) shares the same meaning as 作者 (zuòzhě). 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě) is usually used self-reflexively.

#### Synonyms

* (writer): (Dungan) 寫家／写家

#### Derived terms

* 作協 / 作协 (zuòxié)

#### See also

* 著者／着者 (zhùzhě)
* 作者 (zuòzhě)
* 筆者／笔者 (bǐzhě)

### Verb

作家
* (archaic) to do housework
* (archaic) to be frugal

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 作 | 家 |
| さく > さっ Grade: 2 | か Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

作(さっ)家(か) • (sakka)
* writer
* artist, potter

#### Derived terms

* 劇作家
* 人気作家
* 創作家
* 女流作家
* 新進作家
* 映画作家
* 流行作家
* 童話作家
* 著作家
* 閨秀作家

#### See also

* 著者(ちょしゃ) (chosha)
* 筆者(ひっしゃ) (hissha)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 作 | 家 |

### Noun

作家 • (jakga) (hangeul 작가)
* hanja form of 작가 (“artist; writer”)