艺术 (yìshù) · art

艺 yì · art

What 艺 is made of

• 艹cǎo — grass
• 乙yǐ — second

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

术 shù · skill

What 术 is made of

• 木mù — tree
  • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 八bā — eight
• 丶 — dot