荒凉 (huāngliáng) · desolate

荒 huāng · wasteland

What 荒 is made of

• 芒máng — blade
  • 艹cǎo — grass
  • 亡wáng — death
    • 亠tóu — lid
• 川chuān — stream
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 丨 — vertical stroke

凉 liáng · cool

What 凉 is made of

• 冫bīng — ice
  • 丶 — dot
• 京jīng — capital
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 小xiǎo — small
    • 亅 — hook
    • 八bā — eight

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