者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #133 U+8005
How 者 is formed
How to remember it
someone · Heisig RSH #1037
Santa Claus + tongue wagging in the mouth — as a component also called: puppet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 者 as their sound component
These characters all use 者 (zhě) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 者 sound component | zhě | that which; they who; those who |
| 都 | dōu | all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital |
| 猪 | zhū | pig, hog, wild boar |
| 诸 | zhū | all, many, various; surname |
| 著 | zhù | to show, to prove, to make known |
| 署 | shǔ | bureau, public office; to sign |
| 赌 | dǔ | to bet, to gamble, to wager |
| 绪 | xù | mental state; thread, clue |
| 屠 | tú | to butcher, to slaughter; massacre |
| 暑 | shǔ | hot; heat; summer |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to boil, to cook |
| 堵 | dǔ | wall; to stop, to prevent, to block |
| 奢 | shē | exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful |
| 睹 | dǔ | to look at, to gaze at; to observe |
| 渚 | zhǔ | islet, sandbar |
| 箸 | zhù | chopsticks |
| 褚 | zhǔ | bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname |
| 赭 | zhě | hematite; ochre, reddish-brown |
| 啫 | zhě | onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning |
Words containing 者
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学者 | xué zhě | scholar |
| 开发者 | kāi fā zhě | developer |
| 行者 | xíng zhě | pedestrian; walker; itinerant monk |
| 性工作者 | xìng gōng zuò zhě | sex worker |
| 长者 | zhǎng zhě | an elder; a senior |
| 民主主义者 | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì zhě | democrat |
| 发明者 | fā míng zhě | inventor |
| 前无古人，后无来者 | qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě | there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom); never done before… |
| 语者 | yǔ zhě | (linguistics) speaker |
| 合作者 | hé zuò zhě | co-worker; collaborator; also collaborator with the enemy |
| 工作者 | gōng zuò zhě | worker |
| 老者 | lǎo zhě | old man; elderly man |
| 前不见古人，后不见来者 | qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě | unique; unprecedented (idiom) |
| 同道者 | tóng dào zhě | like-minded person; person who shares the same ideals or goals; kindred spirit |
| 重者 | zhòng zhě | more serious case; in extreme cases |
| 病者 | bìng zhě | sick person; patient |
| 者流 | zhě liú | (after a personal attribute) people who have that attribute; people of that type |
| 作者 | zuò zhě | author; writer |
| 后者 | hòu zhě | the latter |
| 传道者 | chuán dào zhě | missionary; preacher |