服务 (fúwù) · to serve

服 fú · clothing

What 服 is made of

• 月yuè — moon; month
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 卩jié — seal
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 又yòu — and

Origin hint: A person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

务 wù · affairs

What 务 is made of

• 夂zhǐ — to go
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 又yòu — (once) again
• 力lì — strength
  • 丿 — falling stroke