慣用

to use habitually / habitual / customary

Characters and words in 慣用

accustomed to / used to / indulge / to spoil (a child)

惯 = 忄 + 贯 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) has already gotten used to (惯) the strange customs in the anthill's bathroom (an4). There are many many flails (忄) stringed together (贯) hanging from the ceiling which have to be passed in order to use the bathroom.

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用

yòng = yu + (e)ng4

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

Add a new mnemonic for 用 = 丨 + 月

用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

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用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.

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