Pinyin initial: "shu"
The Pinyin initial "shu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "shu" 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 "shu" can appear in.
Mnemonics for shu
Shu is for Sheldon Shrimp.
Characters with shu
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc
to brush / to paint / to daub / to paste up / to skip class (of students) / to fire from a job
刷
=
尸
+
巾
+
刂
:
Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is brushing his teeth (刷) in front of the ashram (a1) when a ghost (尸) appears right in front of him. Like him the ghost has a towel (巾) hung around his neck, but instead of a toothbrush, he uses a kitchen knife (刂) to brush his teeth to purposefully shock Sheldon Shrimp.
to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)
数
=
娄
+
攵
:
Sheldon Shrimp (shu) occupied a lunar mansion (娄) inside of the space station (Ø3) although he knows that it is to be torn down. Outside of his lunar mansion the construction (or rather destruction) workers are already counting (数) down from ten. When they count (数) zero, they will start taking down the whole thing with their sledgehammers (攵).
to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation