毕业生 (bìyèshēng) · graduate

毕 bì · to finish

What 毕 is made of

• 比bǐ — to compare
  • 匕bǐ — spoon
    • 乚 — hook stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 匕bǐ — spoon
    • 乚 — hook stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
• 十 — ten
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 丨 — vertical stroke

Origin hint: 十 gives the meaning, 比 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

业 yè · business

What 业 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke

生 shēng · to give birth

What 生 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 土tǔ — earth
  • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)