TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
者
ㄓㄜˇ · zhě
particle — the one who; -er
字源 FORM — what the parts do
者形rendered bare — no claimed originthe modern 耂-over-日 look is graphic wear
The -er of the sentence: whoever does it — 記者 the one who records, 作者 the one who writes, 學者 the one who studies. The old graph's picture has not survived into a readable telling; as a sound it built a whole row: 都、煮、著、豬.
意 · Meanings
(本義)……的人（記者、作者）— the one who — -er常用
→……的（前者、後者）— the one — the former, the latter
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension