清澈 (qīngchè) · clear

清 qīng · clean

What 清 is made of

• 氵shuǐ — water
• 青qīng — nature's color
  • 龶 — top part
  • 月yuè — moon; month
    • 冂 — frame
    • 二 — two strokes

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

澈 chè · limpid

What 澈 is made of

• 氵shuǐ — water
• 育yù — to produce
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶sī — private
  • ⺼ — meat
• 攵pū — to rap
  • 乂yì — crossed strokes
    • 丿 — falling stroke