川流不息 (chuānliúbùxī) · never-ending flow (of people, traffic)

川 chuān · stream

What 川 is made of

• 丿 — falling stroke
• 丨 — vertical stroke
• 丨 — vertical stroke

流 liú · to flow

What 流 is made of

• 氵shuǐ — water
• 㐬liú — pennant
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶sī — private
  • 川chuān — stream
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke

Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 㐬 gives the sound. (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)

息 xī · rest

What 息 is made of

• 自zì — self
  • 目mù — eye
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 二 — two strokes
• 心xīn — heart

Origin hint: To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)