称赞 (chēngzàn) · to praise

称 chēng · to weigh

What 称 is made of

• 禾hé — cereal
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight
• 尔ěr — you (old word)
  • ⺈ — top shape
  • 小xiǎo — small
    • 亅 — hook
    • 八bā — eight

赞 zàn · to help

What 赞 is made of

• 兟shēn — to advance
  • 先xiān — first
    • 土tǔ — earth
    • 儿ér — child
  • 先xiān — first
    • 土tǔ — earth
    • 儿ér — child
• 贝bèi — sea shell
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 人rén — person

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