Pinyin initial: "cu"

The Pinyin initial "cu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "cu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by animals. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "cu" can appear in.

Mnemonics for cu

Cu is for Kitty Cat.

Characters with cu

寸

cùn = cu + (e)n4

a unit of length / inch / thumb

寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

匆

悤

co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1

variant of 匆[cong1]

匆

怱

co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1

variant of 匆[cong1]

匆

co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1

hurried / hasty

匆 = 丶 + 勿 : Kitty Cat (cu) is chasing a petal leaf (丶) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Wearing bat wings (勿) she is hurriedly (匆) flying after it.

从

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

variant of 從|从[cong2]

从

從

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

surname Cong

从

從

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

从 = 人 : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

村

cu̅n = cu + (e)n1

village

村 = 寸 + 木 : Kitty Cat is for a sightseeing tour in Beijing and sees a Christmas tree in front of the encampment. This makes her think "thumps up" as it reminds her of her village, where these trees are grown.

村

邨

cu̅n = cu + (e)n1

variant of 村[cun1]

丛

叢

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket

丛 = 从 + 一 : Kitty Cat (cu) lost her book collection (丛) in the underbrush (丛) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The underbrush consists of the legs of rubber chicken (从) and Kitty Cat has a hard time searching through the chicken. She is using a flute (一) as a bushwhacker to aid in her search.

促

cù = cu + Ø4

urgent / hurried / to urge / to promote / to urge haste / close / intimate

促 = 亻 + 足 : Kitty Cat (cu) is urging (促) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) into buying her last 8326 footballs (足), stating again and again that this is a special opportunity that will not come back anytime soon and so on. Indeed she already talked her into a corner in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

卒

cù = cu + Ø4

variant of 猝[cu4]

翠

cuì = cu + ei4

bluish-green / green jade

翠 = 羽 + 卒 : Kitty Cat (cu) caught a bluish-green (翠) kingfisher (翠) and brings one of its bluish-green (翠) feathers (卒) to the soldier (卒) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).

囱

囪

co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1

chimney

囱 = 丶 + 囗 + 夕 : Kitty Cat (cu) cleans out a chimney (囱) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) using a petal leaf (丶). She knows there's a bat (夕) inside, so she keeps a wooden box (囗) ready to catch it.

簇

cù = cu + Ø4

crowded / framework for silkworms / gather foliage / bunch / classifier for bunched objects

簇 = ⺮ + 族 : Kitty Cat (cu) has set up bunches (簇) of bamboo sticks (⺮) as framework for silk worms (簇) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Now she is walking with a lowered head (族) among the bunches to gather bamboo foliage (簇) from the ground and to see how the silk worms are doing.

窜

竄

cuàn = cu + an4

to flee / to scuttle / to exile or banish / to amend or edit

窜 = 串 + 穴 : Kitty Cat hat to flee from the terrible regime of Cat Country, and she found refuge in the anthill's bathroom. All she could bring was a plastic bag with her stuff, in fact only a skewer. To make her feel at least a little at home, she covers the bathroom's walls in cave paintings of her skewer.

存

cún = cu + (e)n2

to exist / to deposit / to store / to keep / to survive

存 = 一 + 仔 : Mnemonic symbol: a floppy disc. Kitty Cat (cu) wants to protest against the law that women have to wear skirts, so wearing jeans (仔) she dances and plays a flute (一) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and records her demonstration on a floppy disc (存) to upload it later to her livejournal.

粗

觕

cu̅ = cu + Ø1

variant of 粗[cu1]

粗

cu̅ = cu + Ø1

coarse / rough / thick (for cylindrical objects) / unfinished / vulgar / rude / crude

粗 = 且 + 米 : Kitty Cat (cu) wants to store her sacks of rice (米) in a shelf (且) in front of the space station (Ø1), but the sacks are too thick (粗) and do not fit.

粗

麤

cu̅ = cu + Ø1

remote / distant / variant of 粗[cu1]