者

• In Korean hanja and Traditional Chinese, an additional 丶 stroke is written at the bottom right corner of 耂 above 日, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary. In other regions, the additional 丶 stroke has been omitted.
• Three CJK compatibility ideographs exist for this character:
  • U+FAB2: Alternative form used in North Korea without additional 丶 stroke below 耂.
  • U+FA5B: Japanese kyūjitai with additional 丶 stroke below 耂.
  • U+2F97A: Variant traditional form used in Taiwan with additional 丶 stroke below 耂.

者 (radical 125, 老+4, 8 strokes in Chinese and Japanese, 9 strokes in Korean, cangjie input 十大日 (JKA), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱耂日(GHTJV or U+FAB2) or ⿱⿸耂丶日(K or U+FA5B or U+2F97A)

• 㥩, 㨋, 渚, 陼, 琽, 緖/緒(绪), 諸(诸), 豬(猪), 賭(赌), 踷, 赭, 醏, 鍺(锗), 鯺, 都, 䰩, 奢, 著, 暑, 㸙, 署, 闍(阇), 䰇, 煑, 煮, 䘄

Wikidata

• KangXi: page 961, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28852
• Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2780, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8005

• Unihan data for U+FA5B

• Unihan data for U+FAB2

• Unihan data for U+2F97A

Pictogram (象形) – the original character for either 煮 (OC *tjaʔ, “to boil”) or 蔗 (OC *tjaːɡs, “sugarcane”). Phonetically loaned for abstract meanings.

Top component 耂 is unrelated to 老 and 考.

者

1. (classical Chinese) used at the end of a command
2. (classical Chinese) used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term

   君者，舟也。庶人者，水也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

   From: Xunzi, circa 3^rd century BCE

   Jūn zhě, zhōu yě. Shùrén zhě, shuǐ yě. [Pinyin]

   A ruler is like a boat and common people are like water.

3. (literary or regional) this
4. (agent suffix) -er; -ist; one who ...; person involved in; the things which ...

   記者 / 记者  ―  jìzhě  ―  journalist

   工作者  ―  gōngzuòzhě  ―  worker

   • 我父親總是說天助自助者。 [MSC, trad.]
     我父亲总是说天助自助者。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ fùqīn zǒngshì shuō tiān zhùzìzhù zhě. [Pinyin]

     My father always said that heaven helps those who help themselves.

   • 宋人有耕田者。  ―  Sòng rén yǒu gēng tián zhě.  ―  Among the citizens of the State of Song, there was one who was ploughing his field.
5. used after a number, "before" 前 (qián), or "after" 後／后 (hòu) to refer to something mentioned previously

   前者  ―  qiánzhě  ―  the former

   後者 / 后者  ―  hòuzhě  ―  the latter

   • 如下三者任擇其一。 [MSC, trad.]
     如下三者任择其一。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rúxià sān zhě rèn zé qí yī. [Pinyin]

     There are three alternatives.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 者)

• Go-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kun: もの (mono, 者, Jōyō)
• Nanori: ひさ (hisa); ひと (hito)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) もの​ [mònóꜜ] (Odaka – [o])
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞]

者 (hiragana もの, rōmaji mono)

1. person

• 人 (ひと) (hito)
• 人 (じん) (jin)

From Middle Chinese 者 (MC t͡ɕia^X).

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕa̠]

者 (hiragana しゃ, rōmaji -sha)

1. someone of that type, someone who does that

• 家 (や) (-ya)
• 手 (しゅ) (-shu)
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者 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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者: Hán Việt readings: giả[1][2][3]
者: Nôm readings: trả[2][3][4], giả[1][2], giã[1][2], giở[1], rả[1], dở[2], dã[3]

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