购买 (gòumǎi) · to buy

购 gòu · to buy

What 购 is made of

• 贝bèi — sea shell
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 人rén — person
• 勾gōu — to hook
  • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 厶sī — private

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

买 mǎi · to buy

What 买 is made of

• 乛 — bent stroke
• 头tóu — head
  • ⺀ — ice
  • 大dà — big
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 人rén — person