Pinyin initial: "ji"

The Pinyin initial "ji" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "ji" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "ji" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ji

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Characters with ji

家
傢
jia̅ = ji + a1
see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
家
jia̅ = ji + a1
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]
家 = 宀 + 豕 : A framed "home sweet home" picture. The swine graduated and wearing a graduation cap, it came home to the ashram. In front of it, Joan of Arc welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home picture in front of the ashram.
彐
jì = ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
彐 = ㇕ + 二 : Joan of Arc wears a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and makes grunting and squealing sounds.
斤
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
斤 = ⺁ + 丅 : Joan of Arc (ji) is lifting barbells (斤) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Before each set she eats all the bananas from a banana tree (⺁) for the magnesium, and after each set she eats a T-bone steak (丅) for the protein.
丩
jiu̅ = ji + ou1
archaic variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]
This one also looks like a fork, but don't mix it up with 山, which is a normal eating fork. This one is more of a roast fork.
井
jǐng = ji + (e)ng3
a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly
井 = 二 + 丿 + 丨 : Joan of Arc is digging a well inside engine. At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor to a banana and a dinosaur bone, which dig for her using the electrical energy.
井
jǐng = ji + (e)ng3
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
教
jiào = ji + ao4
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
教 = 孝 + 攵 : Joan of Arc joined an apocalyptic religious sect that taught her to dig her own grave. Wearing a mourning veil, she breaks the floor of the aorta's bathroom open using a sledgehammer.
教
jiào = ji + ao4
surname Jiao
教
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to teach
几
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
small table
Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.
几
幾
jǐ = ji + Ø3
how much / how many / several / a few
几
幾
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
almost
机
機
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
surname Ji
机 = 几 + 木 : Joan of Arc made a machine that fully automatically manufactures tables out of Christmas trees and tests it in front of the space station.
机
機
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / CL:臺|台[tai2]
机 = 几 + 木 : Joan of Arc made a machine that fully automatically manufactures tables out of Christmas trees and tests it in front of the space station.
机
機
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
系
繫
jì = ji + Ø4
to tie / to fasten / to button up
见
見
jiàn = ji + an4
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
巾
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50
巾 = 丨 + 冂 : Joan of Arc has smuggled a dinosaur bone out of the encampment. To hide it, she covered it in maps and towels.
京
ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1
abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority