面包 (miànbāo) · bread

面 miàn · noodles

What 面 is made of

面 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 9 strokes.

Origin hint: A person's face (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

包 bāo · bag

What 包 is made of

• 勹bāo — wrap shape
  • 丿 — falling stroke
• 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
  • 乚 — hook stroke

Origin hint: To swaddle 勹 a baby 巳; 勹 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)