层出不穷 (céngchūbùqióng) · to emerge one after another

层 céng · floor (of a building)

What 层 is made of

• 尸shī — body
  • 丿 — falling stroke
• 云yún — (classical) to say
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶sī — private

Origin hint: Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

出 chū · to go out

What 出 is made of

• 屮chè — sprout
  • 凵qiǎn — container
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 凵qiǎn — container

Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

不 bù · not

What 不 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A bird flying toward the sky 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

穷 qióng · poor

What 穷 is made of

• 穴xué — cave
  • 宀 — roof
    • 丶 — dot
    • 冖mì — cover
  • 八bā — eight
• 力lì — strength
  • 丿 — falling stroke