形成 (xíngchéng) · to form

形 xíng · form

What 形 is made of

• 开kāi — to open
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 廾gǒng — two hands
• 彡shān — hair
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丿 — falling stroke

Origin hint: Sunlight 彡 streaming through a window 开 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

成 chéng · to become

What 成 is made of

• 丁dīng — male adult
• 戈gē — spear