影片 (yǐngpiàn) · film

影 yǐng · shadow

What 影 is made of

• 景jǐng — scenery
  • 日rì — sun; day
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 京jīng — capital
    • 亠tóu — lid
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 小xiǎo — small
• 彡shān — hair
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丿 — falling stroke

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

片 piàn · slice

What 片 is made of

片 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.

Origin hint: Half of a tree trunk; compare 爿 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)