Pinyin "juan3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "juan3" is split up into two parts: "ju" and "an3". 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 "an3"

In the anthill's living room.

Characters pronounced juan3

to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

= + : Zeus (ju) is applying hair rollers (卷) to the navy seal's (㔾) hair in the anthill (an3) using a modern machine. Suddenly he looses control of the machine which goes mad, and it threatens to devour all of the seal's hair. As the navy seal is already half-bald, he manages to push the off-button (关) of the machine.
to roll (up) / to sweep up / to carry on / roll

= + : Zeus (ju) is applying hair rollers (卷) to the navy seal's (㔾) hair in the anthill (an3) using a modern machine. Suddenly he looses control of the machine which goes mad, and it threatens to devour all of the seal's hair. As the navy seal is already half-bald, he manages to push the off-button (关) of the machine.
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
Japanese variant of 卷[juan3]
fat, rich / a stew of fish