客人 (kèrén) · guest

客 kè · guest

What 客 is made of

• 宀 — roof
  • 丶 — dot
  • 冖mì — cover
• 各gè — individual
  • 夂zhǐ — to go
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 又yòu — and
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

人 rén · person

What 人 is made of

人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.

Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)