Pinyin final: "o3"

The Pinyin final "o3" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "o3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for o3

In the observatory's living room.

Characters with o3

果
菓
guǒ = gu + o3
variant of 果[guo3] / fruit
果 = 木 + 田 : Gitta Giraffe is not feeling well inside observatory and decides to eat healthy. To plant a field, she first distributes some Christmas trees as manure, then puts a field on it and finally plants some ravines. Soon she will be eating grapes and feel better.
果
guǒ = gu + o3
fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really
果 = 木 + 田 : Gitta Giraffe is not feeling well inside observatory and decides to eat healthy. To plant a field, she first distributes some Christmas trees as manure, then puts a field on it and finally plants some ravines. Soon she will be eating grapes and feel better.
火
huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).
伙
huǒ = hu + o3
meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]) / variant of 夥|伙[huo3]
伙 = 亻 + 火 : Rosa Luxemburg and Helga Horse have been companions for a long time. Once again, they sit together at a camp fire in the observatory.
伙
夥
huǒ = hu + o3
companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together
伙 = 亻 + 火 : Rosa Luxemburg and Helga Horse have been companions for a long time. Once again, they sit together at a camp fire in the observatory.
左
zuǒ = zu + o3
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3]
左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).
左
zuǒ = zu + o3
surname Zuo
左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).
佐
zuǒ = zu + o3
to assist / assistant / aide / to accompany
佐 = 亻 + 左 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻), the communist (左) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) are making a pact in the observatory (o3) to assist (佐) each other to achieve world wide communism.
朵
duǒ = du + o3
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
朵 = 几 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a tulip bud.

Doggy Dog (du) gets two new piercings in the observatory (o3). The piercer's table consists of a table (几) with four Christmas trees (木) as legs. The piercer is just about to pierce Doggy Dog's earlobes (朵) with tulip buds (朵).
朵
朶
duǒ = du + o3
variant of 朵[duo3]
朵 = 几 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a tulip bud.

Doggy Dog (du) gets two new piercings in the observatory (o3). The piercer's table consists of a table (几) with four Christmas trees (木) as legs. The piercer is just about to pierce Doggy Dog's earlobes (朵) with tulip buds (朵).
躲
duǒ = du + o3
to hide / to dodge / to avoid
躲 = 朵 + 身 : Doggy Dog's (du) owner wants him to wear a bodysuit (身) which has lots of tulip buds (朵) attached to it, but Doggy Dog hides (躲) the terrible bodysuit by burying it inside of the observatory (o3).
索
suǒ = su + o3
to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated
索 = 十 + 冖 + 糸 : Somebody destroyed Susan Saint Bernards (su) web in the observatory (o3) and as a revenge Susan Saint Bernard put all the castle's food in a container, put a cooking top on it (冖) and then sealed it with a silken scarf (糸). Then she attached a cross (十) to be used as hook and hang the package right under the ceiling using a large rope (索). Everyone is sorry and asks (索) her to give the food back, but Susan Saint Bernard is still quite angry.
索
suǒ = su + o3
surname Suo / abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
索 = 十 + 冖 + 糸 : Somebody destroyed Susan Saint Bernards (su) web in the observatory (o3) and as a revenge Susan Saint Bernard put all the castle's food in a container, put a cooking top on it (冖) and then sealed it with a silken scarf (糸). Then she attached a cross (十) to be used as hook and hang the package right under the ceiling using a large rope (索). Everyone is sorry and asks (索) her to give the food back, but Susan Saint Bernard is still quite angry.
我
wǒ = w + o3
I; me; my
我 = 戈 + 手 : I (我) find Willy Walrus (w) lying motionless in the observatory's living room (o3), and there's a dagger-axe (戈) sticking right in his chest. I (我) try to pull it out while wearing a baseball glove (手).
抹
mǒ = m + o3
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
抹 = 扌 + 末 : Inside of the observatory (o3) Jehova's Witness (末) is telling Mahatma Gandhi (m) that the world is going to end soon, but Mahatma Gandhi just wipes (扌) his mouth with a toy claw (扌) for speaking such nonsense.
灬
huǒ = hu + o3
"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc
I will represent this "fire" component by a grill.
所
suǒ = su + o3
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4]
所 = 戶 + 斤 : Susan Saint Bernard and her whole family are weight lifting in the place of the observatory. They are all together lifting one barbell.
妥
tuǒ = tu + o3
suitable / adequate / ready / settled
妥 = 女 + 爫 : Mnemonic symbol: someone having Tourette's syndrome (妥 tuo3 瑞 rui4 症 zheng4).

Tommy Turtle (tu) got Tourette's syndrome (妥) and yells at Bessie Coleman (女) that she should shave to be adequate (妥). Bessie quietly complies, pulls out an electric razor (爫) and starts to shave.
锁
鎻
suǒ = su + o3
old variant of 鎖|锁[suo3]
锁 = 钅 + ⺌ + 贝 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) saved one of the last aloe vera (⺌) plants by locking (锁) it in a web made of spider silk in the observatory (o3). The crab (贝) wants to steal the aloe and tries to break the container open using a golden harpoon (钅).
锁
鎖
suǒ = su + o3
to lock up / to lock / lock / CL:把[ba3]
锁 = 钅 + ⺌ + 贝 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) saved one of the last aloe vera (⺌) plants by locking (锁) it in a web made of spider silk in the observatory (o3). The crab (贝) wants to steal the aloe and tries to break the container open using a golden harpoon (钅).