五颜六色 (wǔyánliùsè) · colorful

五 wǔ · five

What 五 is made of

• 二 — two strokes
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

颜 yán · face

What 颜 is made of

• 彦yàn — elegant
  • 产chǎn — to give birth
    • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 厂chǎng — cliff
  • 彡shān — hair
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
• 页yè — page
  • 贝bèi — sea shell
    • 冂 — frame
    • 人rén — person

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

六 liù · six

What 六 is made of

• 亠tóu — lid
  • 丶 — dot
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 八bā — eight

色 sè · color

What 色 is made of

• ⺈ — top shape
• 巴bā — to desire
  • 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
    • 乚 — hook stroke

Origin hint: What a person ⺈ desires 巴 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)