流氓 (liúmáng) · hoodlum

流 liú · to flow

What 流 is made of

• 氵shuǐ — water
• 㐬liú — pennant
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶sī — private
  • 川chuān — stream
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke

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

氓 máng · people

What 氓 is made of

• 亡wáng — death
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 民mín — citizens
  • 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
    • 乚 — hook stroke
  • 戈gē — spear