操劳 (cāoláo) · to work hard

操 cāo · to conduct

What 操 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 喿zào — the sound of birds chirping
  • 品pǐn — article
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 口kǒu — mouth
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight

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

劳 láo · to labor

What 劳 is made of

• 艹cǎo — grass
• 冖mì — cover
• 力lì — strength
  • 丿 — falling stroke