镇静 (zhènjìng) · calm

镇 zhèn · calm

What 镇 is made of

• 钅jīn — metal
• 真zhēn — real
  • 直zhí — straight
    • 十 — ten
    • 目mù — eye
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 几jǐ — small table
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second

静 jìng · quiet

What 静 is made of

• 青qīng — nature's color
  • 龶 — top part
  • 月yuè — moon; month
    • 冂 — frame
    • 二 — two strokes
• 争zhēng — to dispute
  • ⺈ — top shape
  • 彐jì — snout
    • 二 — two strokes
  • 亅 — hook

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