倒霉 (dǎoméi) · to have bad luck

倒 dǎo · to fall

What 倒 is made of

• 亻rén — person
• 到dào — to go to
  • 至zhì — reach
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 厶sī — private
    • 土tǔ — earth
  • 刂dāo — knife
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
    • 亅 — hook

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

霉 méi · mildew

What 霉 is made of

• 雨yǔ — rain
  • 帀zā — to rotate
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 巾jīn — cloth
• 每měi — each
  • 母mǔ — mother