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HTML
<div class="cell u5 u1">u1</div>
<div class="cell u10 u5">u10</div>
<div class="cell u13 u5">u13</div>
<div class="cell u1602 u13">u16</div>
CSS
.bg {
background-color: green;
}
JavaScript
$('.cell').hover(function() {
$('[class="'+$(this).attr('class')[3] +'"]').addClass('bg');
}, function() {
$('[class="'+$(this).attr('class')+'"]').removeClass('bg');
});