降低 (jiàngdī) · to lower

降 jiàng · to fall

What 降 is made of

• 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 夅jiàng — to descend
  • 夂zhǐ — to go
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 又yòu — and

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

低 dī · low

What 低 is made of

• 亻rén — person
• 氐dī — the name of an ancient tribe
  • 氏shì — clan
  • 丶 — dot