孙女 (sūnnǚ) · granddaughter

孙 sūn · grandchild

What 孙 is made of

• 子zǐ — child
  • 了liǎo / le — finish
    • 乛 — bent stroke
    • 亅 — hook
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 小xiǎo — small
  • 亅 — hook
  • 八bā — eight

Origin hint: Simplified form of 孫; a chain 系 of descent 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

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)