财务 (cáiwù) · finance

财 cái · riches

What 财 is made of

• 贝bèi — sea shell
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 人rén — person
• 才cái — ability
  • 扌shǒu — hand
    • 二 — two strokes
    • 亅 — hook

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

务 wù · affairs

What 务 is made of

• 夂zhǐ — to go
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 又yòu — (once) again
• 力lì — strength
  • 丿 — falling stroke