留学生 (liúxuéshēng) · international student

留 liú · to leave (behind)

What 留 is made of

• 卯mǎo — 4th terrestrial branch
  • 卩jié — seal
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 田tián — field
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

学 xué · to study

What 学 is made of

• ⺍ — three-stroke
• 冖mì — cover
• 子zǐ — child
  • 了liǎo / le — finish
    • 乛 — bent stroke
    • 亅 — hook
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

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)