作用 (zuòyòng) · effect

作 zuò · to make

What 作 is made of

• 亻rén — person
• 乍zhà — first time
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 下xià — down
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 卜bo — divination
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

用 yòng · to use

What 用 is made of

• 冂 — frame
  • 丨 — vertical stroke