外交官 (wàijiāoguān) · diplomat

外 wài · outside

What 外 is made of

• 夕xī — evening
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丶 — dot
• 卜bo — divination
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 丶 — dot

Origin hint: Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

交 jiāo · to hand in

What 交 is made of

• 六liù — six
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 八bā — eight
• 乂yì — crossed strokes
  • 丿 — falling stroke

Origin hint: A person with crossed (intersecting) legs (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

官 guān · official

What 官 is made of

• 宀 — roof
  • 丶 — dot
  • 冖mì — cover
• 㠯yǐ — according to
  • 己jǐ — self
    • 乚 — hook stroke