拔苗助长 (bámiáozhùzhǎng) · to spoil things by being too hasty

拔 bá · to uproot

What 拔 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 犮bá — to pull up
  • 犬quǎn — dog
    • 大dà — big
    • 丶 — dot

苗 miáo · sprouts

What 苗 is made of

• 艹cǎo — grass
• 田tián — field
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

助 zhù · to help

What 助 is made of

• 且qiě — moreover
  • 月yuè — moon; month
    • 冂 — frame
    • 二 — two strokes
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 力lì — strength
  • 丿 — falling stroke

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

长 cháng · long

What 长 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)