股东 (gǔdōng) · shareholder

股 gǔ · share

What 股 is made of

• ⺼ — meat
• 殳shū — tool
  • 几jǐ — small table
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 又yòu — and

东 dōng · east

What 东 is made of

• 七qī — seven
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 乚 — hook stroke
• 小xiǎo — small
  • 亅 — hook
  • 八bā — eight

Origin hint: Simplified form of 東, the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)