How is 者 pronounced?

者 is pronounced “zhě” in pinyin.

What HSK level is 者?

者 belongs to HSK 3 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

How do you write 者?

Follow the stroke-order animation above; 者 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

HSK 3pronounmodal particle

者

zhě

者 (zhě) means “(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this”. It is an HSK 3 Chinese character in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

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Example

读者对这本书很感兴趣。

Dúzhě duì zhè běn shū hěn gǎn xìngqù.

Readers are very interested in this book.

Words containing 者

或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps 记者jì zhěreporter; journalist 作者zuò zhěauthor; writer 患者huàn zhěpatient; sufferer 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěvolunteer 读者dú zhěreader 学者xué zhěscholar 消费者xiāo fèi zhěconsumer

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Frequently asked questions

What does 者 mean?: 者 (zhě) means “(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this”. It is an HSK 3 word.
How is 者 pronounced?: 者 is pronounced “zhě” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 者?: 者 belongs to HSK 3 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 者?: Follow the stroke-order animation above; 者 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-07-18