处于 (chǔyú) · to be in (a state or position)

处 chù · place

What 处 is made of

• 夂zhǐ — to go
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 又yòu — (once) again
• 卜bo — divination
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 丶 — dot

Origin hint: To go somewhere 夂 and put down a flag 卜 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

于 yú · at

What 于 is made of

• 二 — two strokes
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 亅 — hook