Pinyin "gun3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "gun3" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "(e)n3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "gu"

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n3"

In the encampment's living room.

Characters pronounced gun3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is driving her magic bus (公) right through the encampment ((e)n3) and over the imperial robes (衮). She cuts them in halves, effectively creating shirts and kilts (衣). Look at the character 衮: it the bus driving right through the clothes (衣).

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) has to watch helplessly as a bottle of water (氵) rolls (滚) over her imperial robe (衮) in the encampment ((e)n3), spilling water all over the robe.
roller / to level with a roller
to bank up the roots of plants