恰到好处 (qiàdàohǎochù) · just right

恰 qià · just

What 恰 is made of

• 忄xīn — heart
  • 八bā — eight
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 合hé — to combine
  • 亼jí — to assemble
    • 人rén — person
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

到 dào · to arrive

What 到 is made of

• 至zhì — reach
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶sī — private
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 刂dāo — knife
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 亅 — hook

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

好 hǎo · good

What 好 is made of

• 女nǚ — woman
• 子zǐ — child
  • 了liǎo / le — finish
    • 乛 — bent stroke
    • 亅 — hook
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A woman 女 with a son 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

处 chù · place

What 处 is made of

• 夂zhǐ — to go
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 又yòu — (once) again
• 卜bo — divination
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 丶 — dot

Origin hint: To go somewhere 夂 and put down a flag 卜 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)