建筑 (jiànzhù) · building

建 jiàn · to build

What 建 is made of

• 廴yǐn — to walk
• 聿yù — writing brush
  • 肀yù — pen
    • 彐jì — snout
    • 丨 — vertical stroke

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

筑 zhù · building

What 筑 is made of

• ⺮zhú — bamboo
• 巩gǒng — to bind
  • 工gōng — labor
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 丄shàng — above
  • 凡fán — any
    • 几jǐ — small table
    • 丶 — dot