Pinyin "gou1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "gou1" is split up into two parts: "g" and "ou1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "g"

G is for Guy Fawkes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou1"

In front of the outhouse.

Characters pronounced gou1

句

go̅u = g + ou1

variant of 勾[gou1]

勾

go̅u = g + ou1

surname Gou

勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).

勾

go̅u = g + ou1

to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook

沟

溝

go̅u = g + ou1

ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:道[dao4]

沟 = 勾 + 氵 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) Guy Fawkes (g) drew (勾) a photo-realistic comic (勾) of an open gully (沟) on the floor. The people are afraid to step onto it because it looks so real. They only start to believe Guy Fawkes that it's not as he spills a bottle of water (氵) over his chalk painting.

钩

鉤

go̅u = g + ou1

to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch

钩 = 勾 + 钅 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to break into the outhouse. In front of the outhouse (ou1) he draws (勾) a window catch (钩) onto the glass with a golden harpoon (钅) so he can open the window.

钩

鈎

go̅u = g + ou1

variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]