(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] 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
者
=
⺹
+
日
:
Mnemonic symbol: the sun (日) is wearing a crown (⺹). This reminds me of Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, the Sun King, which will thus be the mnemonic symbol for 者. The crown (⺹) wearing sun (日), the Sun King (者) and James II of England (zh) are taking part in a writing contest in the elevator's living room (e3) to see who of them is the best author (作者).
暑
=
日
+
者
:
Sheldon Shrimp (shu) and Louis XIV (者) escaped the summer heat (暑) into the space station (Ø3) to spend their summer vacation (暑). Unfortunately the sun (日) had the same idea, and now Louis and Sheldon have to endure the heatstrokes (暑) anyway.
to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)
堵
=
土
+
者
:
Louis XIV (者) built castle walls (堵) out of dirt (土) in the space station (Ø3), but now since the passage through the space station is blocked (堵), every morning when Doggy Dog (du) commutes to work he gets stuck in a traffic jam (堵) caused by the castle walls.
奢
=
大
+
者
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) and the Sun King (者) are showing off their luxury (奢) handbags in front of the elevator (e1). They have both handbags made of dead robots (大).
office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange
署
=
罒
+
者
:
Sheldon Shrimp (shu) started a petition in the space station (Ø3). He wants the Sun King (者) to sign (署) his petition to ban fishing nets (罒).
all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all
都
=
者
+
阝
:
Louis XIV wants to subject the world, and he starts with Don Quixote and the Emperor by standing on their backs while they crouch on the floor.
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])