to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself
忍
=
刃
+
心
:
Robinson Crusoe (r) cannot endure (忍) life anymore. In the encampment ((e)n3) he puts his heart (心) on the floor and is ready to end his life with one streak of his bihänder (刃).
(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).