殴打 (ōudǎ) · to beat up

殴 ōu · to hit

What 殴 is made of

• 区qū — area
  • 匸xì — box
  • 乂yì — crossed strokes
    • 丿 — falling stroke
• 殳shū — tool
  • 几jǐ — small table
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 又yòu — and

打 dǎ · to play (ball)

What 打 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 丁dīng — male adult

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