执照 (zhízhào) · licence

执 zhí · to execute

What 执 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 丸wán — ball
  • 九jiǔ — nine
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 丶 — dot

照 zhào · to shine

What 照 is made of

• 昭zhāo — bright
  • 日rì — sun; day
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 召zhào — imperial decree
    • 刀dāo — knife
    • 口kǒu — mouth
• 灬huǒ — fire

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