Mnemonic comic for

Translation

yú = yu + Ø2: (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

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: prepositions (in, at, on, to, ...) are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great (于) was assigned to repair the electronics of the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but instead he was snacking honey from a honey jar (于). Unfortunately his capacitor (二) got stuck in the honey and now he has to use a crowbar (亅) to lever it out.

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All translations for 于

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
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(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
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于 character breakdown

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
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two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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Characters with 于 as component

variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
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taro / Colocasia antiquorum / Colocasia esculenta
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(dialect) country fair / country market
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variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
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basin / wide-mouthed jar or pot
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literal-minded / pedantic / doctrinaire / longwinded / circuitous
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Words with 于

down to / up to / to the extent that...
unlikely to go so far as to / not as bad as
between / intermediate / to lie between
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
no less than / not inferior to
as many as; no less than / not inferior to; as good as; on a par with
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter
(literary) (of a girl) to marry
the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
Yuhong district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Yuhong District of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
for the sake of / in order to
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
unwilling to accept / not content with (a subservient role, a mediocre result etc)
to come and go in an incessant stream
to be well aware of sth / to understand clearly

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