Pinyin initial: "ku"

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

Mnemonics for ku

K is for Karl Koala.

Characters with ku

会
會
kuài = ku + ai4
to balance an account / accountancy / accounting
会
會
kuài = ku + ai4
to balance an account / accounting / accountant
快
kuài = ku + ai4
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
快 = 夬 + 忄 : Karl Koala made the mistake to have asked the crystal ball in the airplane's bathroom about his future. After he has seen his fate he quickly and angrily destroys the crystal ball with a flail.
块
塊
kuài = ku + ai4
lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
块 = 土 + 夬 : Karl Koala let the crystal ball drop in the airplane's bathroom. He collected all the pieces and fixed them together again using nothing but dirt. After he asks the crystal ball whether or not everything is okay, the crystal ball replies that Karl is a piece of shit.
空
ko̅ng = ku + (e)ng1
empty / air / sky / in vain
空 = 工 + 穴 : In front of the engine, Karl Koala found some very special cave paintings. Using steel beams he constructs a protective cover. He also installs air conditioning to make the best environment possible to preserve the cave paintings.
空 = 工 + 穴 : Mnemonic symbol: an air conditioner
空
kòng = ku + (e)ng4
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
㐄
kuà = ku + a4
component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂[zhi3]
㐄 = 十 + 乛 : Looks like an antenna. Karl Koala set up his amateur radio transmitter in the ashram's bathroom. To increase the range, he put up a big cross and a sickle and put his antenna on top of this construction.
适
kuò = ku + o4
see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
哭
ku̅ = ku + Ø1
to cry; to weep
哭
ku̅ = ku + Ø1
to cry / to weep
哭 = 吅 + 犬 : Karl Koala (ku) played a trick on the Saint Bernard dog (犬) in front of the space station (Ø1). While the dog was sleeping, Karl put two mandarins (吅) on his eyes and when the dog woke up, he thought he went blind and started to cry (哭) like a baby.
筷
kuài = ku + ai4
chopstick
筷 = ⺮ + 快 : In the airplane's bathroom Karl Koala is rapidly manufacturing chopsticks out of a bamboo stick so that he may soon start eating eucalyptus leaves again.
况
況
kuàng = ku + ang4
moreover / situation
况 = 兄 + 冫 : Karl Koala (ku) and Apollo (兄) kind of have a situation (况) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). When Karl was using the bathroom Apollo entered, slipped on a popsicle (冫) and bumped into Karl so that now both are stuck in the toilets head down.
困
kùn = ku + (e)n4
to trap / to surround / hard-pressed / stranded / destitute
困 = 囗 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sleeping bag.

Karl Koala has been putting Christmas trees into boxes all day, and now he is very tired. He climbs one of the Christmas trees he already put into a box, slips into his sleeping bag and falls asleep on the tree.
困 = 囗 + 木 : New mnemonic symbol to avoid confusion with 夗: sleeping pills.
困
睏
kùn = ku + (e)n4
sleepy / tired
困 = 囗 + 木 : New mnemonic symbol to avoid confusion with 夗: sleeping pills.
困 = 囗 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sleeping bag.

Karl Koala has been putting Christmas trees into boxes all day, and now he is very tired. He climbs one of the Christmas trees he already put into a box, slips into his sleeping bag and falls asleep on the tree.
圣
ku̅ = ku + Ø1
to dig
恐
kǒng = ku + (e)ng3
afraid / frightened / to fear
恐 = 巩 + 心 : A terrorist (恐) is harassing Karl Koala (ku) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). The terrorists frightens (恐) Karl so much that his heart (心) jumps out of his body. The terrorist then quickly grabs Karl's heart and uses a padlock (巩) to lock it away to blackmail Karl.
苦
kǔ = ku + Ø3
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.
库
庫
kù = ku + Ø4
warehouse / storehouse / (file) library
库 = 广 + 车 : Karl Koala (ku) ordered a new cabriolet (车), and it's going to be delivered to his garage (库) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The new cabriolet is being thrown off suspended from a parachute (广), but unfortunately it hits the garage with Karl's old car and smashes it.
裤
袴
kù = ku + Ø4
variant of 褲|裤[ku4]
裤 = 库 + 衤 : Karl Koala (ku) ordered the emperor's new clothes on the internet and put them on this morning in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He steps out of his garage (库) wearing nothing but underpants (裤) and an royal ermine coat (衤).
裤
褲
kù = ku + Ø4
underpants / trousers / pants
裤 = 库 + 衤 : Karl Koala (ku) ordered the emperor's new clothes on the internet and put them on this morning in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He steps out of his garage (库) wearing nothing but underpants (裤) and an royal ermine coat (衤).