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<WL>者 [zhě] (nominalizer/agentive suf.) one who, that which, what; 作者 author/writer; 读者 reader; 工作者 worker; 和平主义者 pacifist; 或者 perhaps
<WL>者 [zhě] (nominalizer/agentive suf.) one who, that which, what; 作者 author/writer; 读者 reader; 工作者 worker; 和平主义者 pacifist; 或者 perhaps@@; (HDZ:) …
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The modern character 者 puts the component 耂 (the top of 老 lǎo ‘old’) over 日 rì ‘sun/day’, but this is an abbrev. of older more complex forms; the component 耂 (4 strokes) in 者 is short for old 𣥐 (an old variant of 旅), and 日 here is short for 白 (an old variant of 自); for details, see below.
The modern character 者 puts the component 耂 (the top of 老 lǎo ‘old’) over 日 rì ‘sun/day’, but this is an abbrev. of older more complex forms; the component 耂 (4 strokes) in 者 is short for old 𣥐 (an old variant of 旅), and 日 here is short for 白 (an old variant of 自); for details, see below.

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