zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 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

Radical: 耂 HSK 3 k, r, y, n, g, u

Components & Etymology

者 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 者

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 者.

业者
yè zhě
dealer
两者
liǎng zhě
both sides
二者
èr zhě
both
亡者
wáng zhě
the deceased
从者
cóng zhě
follower
他者
tā zhě
伤者
shāng zhě
casualty
余者
yú zhě
the remaining people
作者
zuò zhě
author
使者
shǐ zhě
emissary
侍者
shì zhě
attendant
儒者
rú zhě
Confucian

Related characters (radical 耂)

Characters that share the radical .

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