Pinyin "zhe2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhe2" is split up into two parts: "zh" and "e2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zh"

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e2"

In the elevator's kitchen.

Characters pronounced zhe2

乛
zhé = zh + e2
variant of 乙[zhe2]
Mnemonic symbol: a sickle.

James II of England of England (zh) inspects his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
乙
zhé = zh + e2
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
乙
zhé = zh + e2
turning stroke (in Chinese characters) / see also 折[zhe2]
折
zhé = zh + e2
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
折 = 扌 + 斤 : James II of England (zh) wants to lift a pair of barbells (斤) in the elevator's kitchen (e2), but the barbells are very heavy. He tries to use toy claws (扌) and folding (折) knifes (mnemonic symbol for 折) as levers, but they both snap (折).
折
摺
zhé = zh + e2
variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold
乇
zhé = zh + e2
"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
乇 = 丿 + 七 : James II of England (zh) pulls out all the stops to cut the banana (丿) lying in front of him in the elevator's kitchen (e2). To cut it he wields a seven-branched laser sword (七) and a blade of grass (乇) in each hand respectively.
哲
zhé = zh + e2
wise / a sage
哲 = 口 + 折 : James II of England (zh) is getting a PhD (哲). In the elevator's kitchen (e2) he is using a folding knife (折) to peel mandarins (口), since he is investigating possible ways to map the earth and they say mapping the earth is like making the peel of a mandarin flat like a board.
辙
轍
zhé = zh + e2
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
辙 = 车 + 育 + 攵 : James II of England (zh) wants to go out on a trip with his cabriolet (车). He can only drive it through the ruts (辙) leading through the elevator's kitchen (e2), but someone is rearing (育) their egg on the track. James II of England will have to remove the egg with a sledgehammer (攵) in order to be able to continue.
辙
轍
zhé = zh + e2
rut / track / rhyme / (dialect) way / method
摺
zhé = zh + e2
document folded in accordion form / to fold
喆
zhé = zh + e2
variant of 哲[zhe2] (used as a surname and in given names)
辄
輒
zhé = zh + e2
then / at once / always / (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot
谪
謫
zhé = zh + e2
to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China) / to banish or exile / (of immortals) to banish from Heaven / to censure / to blame
辄
輙
zhé = zh + e2
variant of 輒|辄[zhe2]
蛰
蟄
zhé = zh + e2
to hibernate