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| − | <WL>者 [zhě] | + | <WL>者 [zhě] (nominalizer/agentive suf.) one who, that which, what; 或者 perhaps; 作者 zuòzhě author/writer; 读者 reader; 工作者 worker; 和平主义者 pacifist |
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| − | The | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 者() zhě (gram. funct.) combines 白(𪞶) zì (variant of 自), with 𣥐() lǚ (variant of 旅) (phonetic). |
| − | + | In Shuōwén 者 is listed under radical 白(𪞶) zì (#104), which is an old variant of 自(𦣹) zì ‘nose’, not to be confused with 白() bái ‘white’ (#284); in variant forms the dot on top of 白 moves to the right to make room for the top component 耂, and in the common modern form the dot has disappeared completely, so that 白 looks like 日 rì. | |
| + | In the common modern form, the top of 者 looks similar to 老() lǎo ‘old’, and so it is listed under that Kāngxī radical today. | ||
| + | According to 王宏源, 者 was the original form of 煮(煑) zhǔ ‘cook’, and depicted food (or in one graph, a bird) being placed in a pot (cf. 曾/甑 ‘pot/steamer’, said to depict a similar pot). | ||
| + | Compare: 耆() qí ‘old man’. | ||
| + | HDZ: 者 : zhě : (代词) 這; (助词) ((结尾) 人; 事; 物; 时间; …); (语气词) (…; 着 (zhe)); (象声) 应诺; 借口; 著 (zhù): 写, 记载; 諸 (zhū) 众; (姓) | ||
#rG.307.35 W.159b K.AD1187,GSR45a WHY...125 D.4.2780.5 M.263 KX..961.01 B.068.1.08 | #rG.307.35 W.159b K.AD1187,GSR45a WHY...125 D.4.2780.5 M.263 KX..961.01 B.068.1.08 | ||
| − | # | + | #c耂日土白 |
| − | #y je/</WL> | + | #y je/ |
| + | </WL> | ||
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