Pinyin "zhu3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhu3" is split up into two parts: "zhu" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zhu"

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced zhu3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

= + : Julian Giant Squid is playing cards with Martin Luther King in the space station. It's Martin Luther King's turn, and he holds a petal leaf in his hand high above his head: it's his trump card, and on it depicted is the Lord himself.
to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on
to cook / to boil

= + : The sun king (者) is cooking (煮) giant squid meat (zhu) on a grill (灬) in the space station (Ø3).
variant of 煮[zhu3]

= + : The sun king (者) is cooking (煮) giant squid meat (zhu) on a grill (灬) in the space station (Ø3).
to enjoin / to implore / to urge

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) sternly enjoins (嘱) the T-Rex (属) not to eat the last mandarin (口) in the space station (Ø3).
to gaze at / to stare at

= + : The Eye of Providence (目) just caught Julian Giant Squid (zhu) and the T-Rex ghost (属) doing it in the middle of the space station (Ø3) and can't help but stare (瞩) at them with its eye wide open.
to lean on / to prop on

= + : The Lord (主) got a new slave and likes to lean (拄) on it with his toy claw (扌) in the space station (Ø3). The slave is Julian Giant Squid (zhu).
padding (in garment) / to store up / pocket / Taiwan pr. [chu3]
islet / bank
ancestral tablet
wisdom
leader of herd / stag
cut
islet / bank