composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status
成 (Chéng) · 6 strokes
Depicts defending city walls (丁) with an axe (戌). 丁 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "city", now written as 城. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
分 (fēn) · 4 strokes
Depicts a knife (刀) being used to cut two things apart (八).