佑

yòu = y + ou4

(bound form) to bless; to protect

佑 = 亻 + 右 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) protects (佑) Maud Younger (y) from a Nazi (右) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

佑 character breakdown

佑
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 右
  - 口
  - 𠂇
    - 一
    - 丿

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

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