投入 (tóurù) · to put into

投 tóu · to throw

What 投 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 殳shū — tool
  • 几jǐ — small table
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 又yòu — and

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

入 rù · to enter

What 入 is made of

入 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.

Origin hint: An arrow indicating "enter" (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)