繁华 (fánhuá) · bustling

繁 fán · complex

What 繁 is made of

• 敏mǐn — fast
  • 每měi — each
    • 母mǔ — mother
  • 攵pū — to rap
    • 乂yì — crossed strokes
• 糸mì — silk
  • 幺yāo — one
  • 小xiǎo — small
    • 亅 — hook
    • 八bā — eight

华 huá · flowery

What 华 is made of

• 化huà — to make into
  • 亻rén — person
  • 匕bǐ — spoon
    • 乚 — hook stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
• 十 — ten
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 丨 — vertical stroke

Origin hint: 十 gives the meaning, 化 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)