没事 (méishì) · it's nothing

没 méi · not

What 没 is made of

• 氵shuǐ — water
• 殳shū — tool
  • 几jǐ — how many
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 又yòu — and

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

事 shì · matter

What 事 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 口kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 彐jì — snout
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 亅 — hook