名称 (míngchēng) · name (of a thing)

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)

称 chēng · to weigh

What 称 is made of

• 禾hé — cereal
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight
• 尔ěr — you (old word)
  • ⺈ — top shape
  • 小xiǎo — small
    • 亅 — hook
    • 八bā — eight