Pinyin "juan1"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "juan1" is split up into two parts: "ju" and "an1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ju"
Ju is for Zeus.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"
In front of the anthill.
Characters pronounced juan1
to contribute / to donate / contribution / tax / to abandon
捐
=
扌
+
肙
:
Zeus (ju) decides that someone should offer a donation (捐) to him after all, and he also decides that he can just do it himself. Because he's so cheap he just wants to donate a small worm (肙) and because he doesn't want to touch it, he brings it out in front of the anthill (an1) using a toy claw (扌).