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

bright / luminous

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) started a fire (火) in the observatory's bathroom (e4) and the cheerleader (乐) is dancing happily around the bright (烁) flickering (烁) fire (火).
variant of 疏[shu1]
variant of 豎|竖[shu4]
Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)
abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve
draw forth / horizontal railing
used in 蟋蟀[xi1 shuai4]
elevated prominent ground
to suck
insertion point in acupuncture / acupoint
legumes (peas and beans)
bright / to melt / to fuse
bolt / latch / to bolt / to latch
long lance
see 麻糬[ma2 shu3]
variant of 倏[shu1]
sudden / abrupt / Taiwan pr. [shu4]
variant of 倏[shu1]
set forth / to spread