女孩儿 (nǚháir) · girl

女 nǚ · female

What 女 is made of

女 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 3 strokes.

Origin hint: A woman turned to the side (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

孩 hái · child

What 孩 is made of

• 子zǐ — child
  • 了liǎo / le — finish
    • 乛 — bent stroke
    • 亅 — hook
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 亥hài — 12th terrestrial branch
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

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

儿 ér · child

What 儿 is made of

• 丿 — falling stroke
• 乚 — hook stroke

Origin hint: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)