Pinyin "tong3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "tong3" is split up into two parts: "tu" and "(e)ng3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "tu"

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng3"

In the engine's living room.

Characters pronounced tong3

甬
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
统
統
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
to gather / to unite / to unify / whole
统 = 充 + 纟 : The president (统) wants to unite (统) the country, so he sets up free mobile phone chargers (充) for everyone inside of the engine ((e)ng3). As soon as he plugged in the first few chargers there are already a silk worm (纟) and Tommy Turtle (tu) peacefully sitting next to each other to charge their phones.
筒
筩
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
variant of 筒[tong3]
筒 = ⺮ + 同 : Tommy Turtle (tu) managed to build a twin (同) cylinder (筒) engine out of bamboo sticks (⺮) inside of the engine ((e)ng3).
筒
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
tube / cylinder / to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
筒 = ⺮ + 同 : Tommy Turtle (tu) managed to build a twin (同) cylinder (筒) engine out of bamboo sticks (⺮) inside of the engine ((e)ng3).
桶
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
桶 = 木 + 甬 : engine's fire alarm went off and the yongzhong bells (甬) are ringing very loudly. Inside of the engine ((e)ng3) a Christmas tree (木) is on fire, and Tommy Turtle (tu) is helping to quench the fire by spilling water on it using a wooden bucket (桶).
捅
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
to stab / to poke / to prod / to nudge / to disclose
綂
tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
old variant of 統|统[tong3]