害怕 (hàipà) · to be afraid

害 hài · to injure

What 害 is made of

• 宀 — roof
  • 丶 — dot
  • 冖mì — cover
• 丰fēng — abundant
  • 三sān — three
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 二 — two strokes
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 口kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

怕 pà · to be afraid of

What 怕 is made of

• 忄xīn — heart
  • 八bā — eight
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 白bái — white
  • 日rì — sun; day
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

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