抱歉 (bàoqiàn) · sorry

抱 bào · to hold in one's arms

What 抱 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 包bāo — wrap
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
    • 乚 — hook stroke

Origin hint: To wrap 包 in one's arms 扌; 包 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

歉 qiàn · deficient

What 歉 is made of

• 兼jiān — both
  • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 丶 — dot
  • 彐jì — snout
    • 二 — two strokes
  • 禾hé — cereal
  • 禾hé — cereal
• 欠qiàn — to lack
  • ⺈ — top shape
  • 人rén — person