老人 (lǎorén) · old person

老 lǎo · old

What 老 is made of

• 耂lǎo — old
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 丿 — falling stroke
• 匕bǐ — spoon
  • 乚 — hook stroke
  • 丿 — falling stroke

Origin hint: A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

人 rén · person

What 人 is made of

人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.

Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)