同胞 (tóngbāo) · fellow countryman

同 tóng · same

What 同 is made of

• 凡fán — any
  • 几jǐ — how many
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 丶 — dot
• 口kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: Sharing a common 凡 tongue 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

胞 bāo · womb

What 胞 is made of

• ⺼ — meat
• 包bāo — wrap
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
    • 乚 — hook stroke