Read Edit View history Discussion 者 zhě HSK2 one who... Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhě × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Original form of 楮. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 者 Simp strokes 者 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 者 Simp strokes 者 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 者 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 327, 623 ], [ 393, 618 ], [ 477, 629 ], [ 590, 655 ], [ 644, 654 ] ], [ [ 456, 839 ], [ 505, 799 ], [ 498, 515 ], [ 480, 492 ] ], [ [ 116, 433 ], [ 168, 424 ], [ 544, 479 ], [ 839, 507 ], [ 884, 504 ], [ 935, 488 ] ], [ [ 720, 744 ], [ 732, 724 ], [ 742, 680 ], [ 637, 530 ], [ 590, 475 ], [ 492, 376 ], [ 370, 269 ], [ 194, 144 ], [ 84, 86 ] ], [ [ 384, 334 ], [ 398, 321 ], [ 410, 293 ], [ 415, 256 ], [ 403, -4 ] ], [ [ 445, 300 ], [ 506, 325 ], [ 618, 351 ], [ 647, 336 ], [ 661, 317 ], [ 666, 57 ], [ 654, 24 ], [ 594, 38 ] ], [ [ 440, 169 ], [ 454, 180 ], [ 522, 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