Pinyin "shen3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shen3" is split up into two parts: "sh" 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 "sh"

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n3"

In the encampment's living room.

Characters pronounced shen3

审
審
shěn = sh + (e)n3
to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court)
审 = 宀 + 申 : Sherlock Holmes examines a murder case in the encampment. All that is left of the victim is a bloody graduation cap, and Sherlock investigates it with his magnifying glass. He pretends to compare the graduation cap to a catalogue of hats, but he's just a faker: He can't even read!
沈
瀋
shěn = sh + (e)n3
liquid / to pour
沈 = 冘 + 氵 : In the encampment ((e)n3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) likes to pour (沈) water from a water bottle (氵) onto a treadmill (冘) to observe how the water flows off the moving treadmill.
沈
shěn = sh + (e)n3
surname Shen / place name
沈 = 冘 + 氵 : In the encampment ((e)n3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) likes to pour (沈) water from a water bottle (氵) onto a treadmill (冘) to observe how the water flows off the moving treadmill.
婶
嬸
shěn = sh + (e)n3
wife of father's younger brother
哂
shěn = sh + (e)n3
(literary) to smile / to sneer
矧
shěn = sh + (e)n3
(interrog.)
谂
諗
shěn = sh + (e)n3
to know / to reprimand / to urge / to long for / to tell / to inform
渖
shěn = sh + (e)n3
old variant of 瀋|沈[shen3]
瞫
shěn = sh + (e)n3
surname Shen
谉
讅
shěn = sh + (e)n3
to investigate / to try (in court)