护士 (hùshi) · nurse

护 hù · to defend

What 护 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 户hù — door
  • 丶 — dot
  • 尸shī — body
    • 丿 — falling stroke

Origin hint: Guarding 扌 a home 户; 户 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

士 shì · scholar

What 士 is made of

士 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 3 strokes.