Pinyin "he1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "he1" is split up into two parts: "h" and "e1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "h"

H is for Hamlet.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e1"

In front of the elevator.

Characters pronounced he1

喝
he̅ = h + e1
to drink / variant of 嗬[he1]
喝 = 口 + 曷 : Hamlet (h) is playing a drinking game in front of the elevator (e1). He is turning a quiz wheel (曷) and every time he doesn't know the answer he has to drink (喝) one of the shots in front of him. The shots are glasses made of mandarins (口). Hamlet drank so much already that every time he has to drink he screams "oh my goodness!"
呵
he̅ = h + e1
expel breath / my goodness
呵 = 口 + 可 : Hamlet (h) started to train to sit on a bed of nails (可) in front of the elevator (e1). After every session he treats his skin with a mandarin (口) and expels (呵) "oh my goodness!" (呵)
诃
訶
he̅ = h + e1
to scold
嗬
he̅ = h + e1
(interjection expressing surprise) oh! / wow!
欱
he̅ = h + e1
variant of 喝[he1]
蠚
he̅ = h + e1
to sting