作家 meaning and pronunciation

作家

Simplified/traditional word

作 (zuò): to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works;
家 (jiā): home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4];