free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China

竽 character breakdown

surname Yu
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
in / at / to / from / by / than / out of

= + : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great was assigned to repair the electrics of the space station's entrance, but instead she was snacking some honey from a honey jar. Now her capacitor got stuck in the honey and she has to use a crowbar to lever it out.
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

= 𠂉 + + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

Characters with 竽 as component

竽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 竽

lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group
indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification) / see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]
player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument)

Sentences with 竽

竽 currently does not appear in any sentence.