外面 (wàimiàn) · outside

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)

面 miàn · noodles

What 面 is made of

面 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 9 strokes.

Origin hint: A person's face (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)