细胞 (xìbāo) · cell (biology)

细 xì · thin

What 细 is made of

• 纟sī — silk
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 田tián — field
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

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

胞 bāo · womb

What 胞 is made of

• ⺼ — meat
• 包bāo — wrap
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
    • 乚 — hook stroke