模糊 (móhu) · blurry

模 mó · model

What 模 is made of

• 木mù — tree
  • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 八bā — eight
• 莫mò — cannot
  • 艹cǎo — grass
  • 旲tái — daylight
    • 日rì — sun; day
    • 大dà — big

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

糊 hú · muddled

What 糊 is made of

• 米mǐ — rice
  • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 丶 — dot
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight
• 胡hú — recklessly
  • 古gǔ — old
    • 十 — ten
    • 口kǒu — mouth
  • ⺼ — meat