资料
zīliào · HSK 4
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📄 资 (resources) + 料 (materials) = data, info, materials
资 means capital/resources and 料 means materials/ingredients. Together they form 资料, meaning data, information, or reference materials — the raw stuff you draw on for a task.
料 — rice 米 + dipper 斗
料 combines 米 (rice/grain) with 斗 (a measuring dipper), depicting the act of measuring out grain. From this concrete sense it extended to 'to measure, estimate, anticipate' and to 'materials' (things measured out for use), as in 材料 'materials' and 预料 'to anticipate'.