右

yòu = y + ou4

right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)

右 = 𠂇 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a nazi.

A nazi wants to eat a mandarin in the outhouse's bathroom, but Maud Younger cuts it right in the middle with a pair of scissors.

右

yòu = y + ou4

(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

右 character breakdown

右
- 口
- 𠂇
  - 一
  - 丿

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

𠂇

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂇 = 丿 + 一 : 𠂇 looks like a pair of scissors. Imagine a pair of scissors (𠂇) cutting open a banana (丿) to find a flute (一) inside.

Characters with 右 as component

若

ruò = ru + o4

to seem / like / as / if

若 = 艹 + 右 : Mnemonic symbol: a wooden chicken as in 呆若木鸡, "dumb as a wooden chicken".

A nazi wants to beat up a wooden chicken in the observatory's bathroom for being different, but just as he charges across a sheet of artificial lawn Rachel Rhinoceros pulls she sheet from under his feet and lets him topple head-first to the ground. She thinks that the nazi is truly as dumb as a wooden chicken.

佑

yòu = y + ou4

to assist / to protect

佑

yòu = y + ou4

(bound form) to bless; to protect

祐

yòu = y + ou4

(of divinity) to bless / to protect

毚

chán = ch + an2

cunning / artful