者

者 zhě ㄓㄜˇ ze2 HSK 3 高階級 · Level 4

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后 (後) hòu ㄏㄡˋ or 前 qián ㄑㄧㄢˊ 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

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 者 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

者 radical 耂 = 耂日

Example sentences

当局者迷。 You can't see the forest behind the trees.
我是记者。 I'm a journalist.
我是記者。 I am a journalist.
能者多劳。 It's only the most capable who do the work.
他是作者。 He writes books.

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