的话 (dehuà) · if (after a clause)

的 de · possessive particle

What 的 is made of

• 白bái — white
  • 日rì — sun; day
    • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 勺sháo — spoon
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丶 — dot

话 huà · words

What 话 is made of

• 讠yán — speech
• 舌shé — tongue
  • 千qiān — thousand
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 十 — ten
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)