抄写 (chāoxiě) · to copy (by hand)

抄 chāo · to copy

What 抄 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 少shǎo — few
  • 小xiǎo — small
    • 亅 — hook
    • 八bā — eight
  • 丿 — falling stroke

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

写 xiě · to write

What 写 is made of

• 冖mì — cover
• 与yǔ — and
  • 一 — horizontal stroke