家乡 (jiāxiāng) · hometown

家 jiā · home

What 家 is made of

• 宀 — roof
  • 丶 — dot
  • 冖mì — cover
• 豕shǐ — pig
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 勿wù — must not
    • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke

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

乡 xiāng · country

What 乡 is made of

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