记者
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
记者 (jìzhě) · reporter
记者 (jìzhě) means “reporter; journalist”. It is written with 2 characters: 记 (to remember) + 者 (person who does sth). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 记者 is built
The characters
记 jì · to remember
What 记 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 己jǐ — self
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: A private 己 note 讠; 己 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
者 zhě · person who does sth
What 者 is made of
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Example sentences
他是一名记者。Tā shì yī míng jìzhě.He is a journalist.
很多记者来了。Hěn duō jìzhě lái le.Many reporters came.
Questions about 记者
What does 记者 mean?
记者 (jìzhě) means “reporter; journalist”.
How do you pronounce 记者?
记者 is pronounced jìzhě.
Which HSK level is 记者?
记者 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 记得jìdeto remember
- 记住jìzhuto remember
- 忘记wàngjìto forget
- 笔记bǐjìnotes
- 笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook
- 记录jìlùto record
- 登记dēngjìto register
- 记载jìzǎito record
- 日记rìjìdiary
- 记忆jìyìmemory
Learn 记者 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 29: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.