者
zhě HSK2

one who...

者 zhě
agentive suffix suffix
A suffix indicating a person who performs a certain action, possesses a specific quality, or is associated with a particular field or group.

他是这位作者的忠实读者。

tā shì zhè wèi zuò​zhě de zhōng​shí dú​zhě.

He is a loyal reader of this author.

anaphoric marker pronoun
Used after numbers or terms like 'former' (前 qián) or 'latter' (后 hòu) to refer back to entities previously mentioned in a text.

关于这两个提议，我更倾向于前者。

guān​yú zhè liǎng gè tí​yì, wǒ gèng qīng​xiàng yú qián zhě.

Regarding these two proposals, I lean toward the former.

topic marker suffix
Used after a noun or phrase to create a pause and signal that the term is about to be defined or explained.

所谓“仁”者，爱人也。

suǒ​wèi“ rén” zhě, ài​rén yě.

The so-called "benevolent" person is one who loves others.

imperative particle suffix
An archaic particle used at the end of a command or a sentence to add emphasis or indicate a state.

时间不早了，你快些去者，莫要在此地多逗留了。

shí​jiān bù zǎo le, nǐ kuài xiē qù zhě, mò yào zài cǐ​dì duō dòu​liú le.

It is getting late; you should be on your way and not linger here any longer.

this pronoun
An archaic demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'.

老夫认为者个计策甚妙，不知诸位意下如何？

lǎo​fū rèn​wéi zhě gě jì​cè shèn miào, bù zhī zhū​wèi yì​xià rú​hé?

I believe this plan is excellent; I wonder what all of you think?

Frequency
Character
Written text
103rd most common 1865.5 per million
Movie subtitles
193rd most common 901.9 per million appears in 94% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
339.4 per million appears in 56% of films
Written text
181.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+8005

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)