Mnemonic comic for 用

Translation

yòng = yu + (e)ng4: to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

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Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

Yu the Great (yu) hurt his leg when he slipped in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The moon (月) helps him to splint his leg using (用) the bathroom's first aid kit (用) and a dinosaur bone (丨).

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用 character breakdown

用
- 丨
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

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丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]