Pinyin "zhuan1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhuan1" is split up into two parts: "zhu" 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 "zhu"

Julian (朱利安 zhū lì ān) Giant Squid.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"

In front of the anthill.

Characters pronounced zhuan1

专

專

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized

专 = 二 + ㇉ + ㇏ : In front of the anthill, the scientist and Julian Giant Squid are focused on one thing: Electrifying the wheelchair of the scientist. Deeply concentrated they connect a capacitor to the wheelchair, which indeed starts to move a little.

专 = 二 + ㇉ + ㇏ : Let's say the expert is a scientist. Also, 专 reminds me a little bit of the wheelchair symbol. Thus I choose a scientist in a wheelchair as symbol for 专.

专

耑

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

variant of 專|专[zhuan1]

砖

磚

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

brick / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

砖 = 专 + 石 : The scientist (专) and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) are standing next to a rock (石) in front of the anthill (an1). They are quietly thinking for a long time, until the scientist has an idea and tells Julian Giant Squid what to do in order to create bricks (砖) out of the rock (石).

砖

甎

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

variant of 磚|砖[zhuan1]