者

zhě
#103 most
frequent character
suffix (volunteer)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

者 once named an ancient state. Its top 耂, a paper mulberry tree, also hints at the sound, while 日 is now empty; it started as 口, a mark that set this character apart. Later the same written form was borrowed for the pronoun 'zhě' purely for its sound.

Drawn as: paper mulberry tree

者 as a component in other characters

sound21 characters
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