负责人 (fùzérén) · person in charge

负 fù · load

What 负 is made of

• ⺈ — top shape
• 贝bèi — sea shell
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 人rén — person

Origin hint: A person 人 carrying a lot of money 贝 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

责 zé · one's responsibility

What 责 is made of

• 龶 — top part
• 贝bèi — sea shell
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 人rén — person

Origin hint: Money 贝 that must be repaid (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)