十字路口 (shízìlùkǒu) · crossroads

十 shí · ten

What 十 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 丨 — vertical stroke

字 zì · character

What 字 is made of

• 宀 — roof
  • 丶 — dot
  • 冖mì — cover
• 子zǐ — child
  • 了liǎo / le — finish
    • 乛 — bent stroke
    • 亅 — hook
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

路 lù · road

What 路 is made of

• 足zú — foot
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 各gè — individual
  • 夂zhǐ — to go
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 又yòu — and
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

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

口 kǒu · mouth

What 口 is made of

• 冂 — frame
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: An open mouth (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)