别人 (biéren) · other people

别 bié · don't

What 别 is made of

• 另lìng — another
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 力lì — strength
    • 丿 — falling stroke
• 刂dāo — knife
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 亅 — hook

Origin hint: To draw boundaries 刂 between classes 另 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

人 rén · person

What 人 is made of

人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.

Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)