Pinyin initial: "h"

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

Mnemonics for h

H is for Hamlet.

Characters with h

旱
hàn = h + an4
drought
旱 = 日 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a marmot, 旱獭.

Hamlet (h) used the drought (旱) to dry fruits (干) under the sun (日) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but the marmot (旱) secretly stole and ate all the dried fruits.
吓
嚇
hè = h + e4
to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)
吓 = 下 + 口 : Hamlet (h) is standing on top of a ladder (下) and is threatening (吓) to jump down on the very last mandarin (口) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) should his demands not be fulfilled.
呵
he̅ = h + e1
expel breath / my goodness
呵 = 口 + 可 : Hamlet (h) started to train to sit on a bed of nails (可) in front of the elevator (e1). After every session he treats his skin with a mandarin (口) and expels (呵) "oh my goodness!" (呵)
禾
hé = h + e2
cereal / grain
禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.
和
hé = h + e2
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
和 = 口 + 禾 : Hamlet (h) came up with a plan for world peace (和): He wants to end hunger once and for all by distributing cereals (禾) and mandarins (口) all over the world, starting in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
和
龢
hé = h + e2
old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious
和
咊
hé = h + e2
old variant of 和[he2]
和
hè = h + e4
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
横
橫
hèng = h + (e)ng4
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected
横
橫
héng = h + (e)ng2
horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
横 = 木 + 黄 : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
焊
hàn = h + an4
to weld / to solder
焊 = 火 + 旱 : The marmot (旱) is considering to move in with Hamlet (h) and visits him in the anthill's bathroom (an4). To welcome the marmot, Hamlet is welding (焊) a steel sculpture displaying the words "to pee or not to pee!". The sparks caused by the welding set the whole anthill on fire (火) though and so the marmot runs back to its burrow.
焊
釬
hàn = h + an4
variant of 焊[han4]
焊
銲
hàn = h + an4
variant of 焊[han4]
何
hé = h + e2
what / how / why / which / carry
何 = 亻 + 可 : In the elevator's kitchen, Rosa Luxemburg picks up the crying baby Hamlet from his bed of nails, puts him in his baby sling and tries to calm him down.
何 = 亻 + 可 : Mnemonic symbol (from "carry"): baby sling
何
hé = h + e2
surname He
行
háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
赫
hè = h + e4
surname He
赫 = 赤 : Hamlet (h) is getting an awe-inspiring (赫) number of two red letters (赤) per second (at a rate of two Herz (赫)) delivered in the elevator's bathroom (e4).
赫
hè = h + e4
awe-inspiring / abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)
赫 = 赤 : Hamlet (h) is getting an awe-inspiring (赫) number of two red letters (赤) per second (at a rate of two Herz (赫)) delivered in the elevator's bathroom (e4).
毫
háo = h + ao2
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
毫 = 亠 + 口 + 冖 + 毛 : Hamlet (h) is drawing a painting just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He put on an beret (亠) to look like a real painter, and he uses a cooking top (冖) as canvas for his painting. With a big hairy (毛) brush (毫) He is painting a hairy (毛) mandarin (口) in the cooking top (冖).
害
hài = h + ai4
to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
害 = 宀 + 丰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: Calamity Jane.

Hamlet has just graduated from high school and his still wearing his graduation cap, but Calamity Jane locked him in a golden cage in the airplane's bathroom because she envies him so much. She even gave him no food so far and teases him with a mandarin.