移民 (yímín) · to emigrate

移 yí · to move

What 移 is made of

• 禾hé — cereal
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight
• 多duō — much
  • 夕xī — evening
    • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丶 — dot
  • 夕xī — evening
    • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丶 — dot

民 mín · citizens

What 民 is made of

• 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
  • 乚 — hook stroke
• 戈gē — spear

Origin hint: An eye 巳 pierced by a dagger 戈, an old mark of slavery (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)