名人 (míngrén) · celebrity

名 míng · place (in a ranking)

What 名 is made of

• 夕xī — evening
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丶 — dot
• 口kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕 (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)