事情 (shìqing) · thing

事 shì · matter

What 事 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 口kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 彐jì — snout
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 亅 — hook

情 qíng · emotion

What 情 is made of

• 忄xīn — heart
  • 八bā — eight
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 青qīng — nature's color
  • 龶 — top part
  • 月yuè — moon; month
    • 冂 — frame
    • 二 — two strokes

Origin hint: 忄 gives the meaning, 青 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)