名胜古迹 (míngshènggǔjì) · places of interest

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)

胜 shèng · to win

What 胜 is made of

• ⺼ — meat
• 生shēng — life
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

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

古 gǔ · ancient

What 古 is made of

• 十 — ten
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 口kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

迹 jī · trace

What 迹 is made of

• 辶 — walking, moving
• 亦yì — also
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke