摄氏度 (shèshìdù) · degree Celsius

摄 shè · to absorb

What 摄 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 聂niè — to whisper
  • 耳ěr — ear
    • 二 — two strokes
  • 双shuāng — pair
    • 又yòu — and
    • 又yòu — and

氏 shì · clan

What 氏 is made of

氏 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.

度 dù · degree

What 度 is made of

• 广guǎng — broad
  • 丶 — dot
  • 厂chǎng — cliff
• 廿niàn — twenty
  • 廾gǒng — two hands
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 又yòu — (once) again

Origin hint: Twenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)