通货膨胀 (tōnghuòpéngzhàng) · inflation

通 tōng · to go through

What 通 is made of

• 辶 — walking, moving
• 甬yǒng — path
  • 用yòng — to use
    • 冂 — frame

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

货 huò · goods

What 货 is made of

• 化huà — to change
  • 亻rén — person
  • 匕bǐ — spoon
    • 乚 — hook stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
• 贝bèi — sea shell
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 人rén — person

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

膨 péng · bloated

What 膨 is made of

• ⺼ — meat
• 彭péng — name of an ancient country
  • 壴zhù — drum
    • 土tǔ — earth
    • 口kǒu — mouth
  • 彡shān — hair
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 丿 — falling stroke

胀 zhàng · swelling

What 胀 is made of

• ⺼ — meat
• 长zhǎng — long
  • 一 — horizontal stroke