病人 (bìngrén) · patient

病 bìng · illness

What 病 is made of

• 疒nè — sickness
  • 广guǎng — broad
    • 丶 — dot
    • 厂chǎng — cliff
  • 冫bīng — ice
    • 丶 — dot
• 丙bǐng — third
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 内nèi — inside
    • 冂 — frame
    • 人rén — person

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

人 rén · person

What 人 is made of

人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.

Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)