者 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zhě

one who...

Original meaning:

paper mulberry

Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Original form of 楮.

口 Distinguishing component

kǒu

mouth

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

者

zhě

that which; he who; those who; (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] 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

Most common words with 者