烟花爆竹 (yānhuābàozhú) · fireworks and firecrackers

烟 yān · smoke

What 烟 is made of

• 火huǒ — fire
  • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 丶 — dot
  • 人rén — person
• 因yīn — cause
  • 囗wéi — enclosure
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 大dà — big
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 人rén — person

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

花 huā · flower

What 花 is made of

• 艹cǎo — grass
• 化huà — to change
  • 亻rén — person
  • 匕bǐ — spoon
    • 乚 — hook stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke

Origin hint: A flower 艹 in bloom 化; 化 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

爆 bào · crackle

What 爆 is made of

• 火huǒ — fire
  • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 丶 — dot
  • 人rén — person
• 暴bào — violent
  • 日rì — sun; day
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 共gòng — all
    • 廾gǒng — two hands
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 八bā — eight
  • 水shuǐ — water

竹 zhú · bamboo

What 竹 is made of

竹 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 6 strokes.