Pinyin "ju1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ju1" is split up into two parts: "ju" and "Ø1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ju"

Ju is for Zeus.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø1"

In front of the space station.

Characters pronounced ju1

车

車

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

拘

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible

拘 = 句 + 扌 : The grammar nazi (句) wants to visit the space station, but in front of the space station (Ø1) Zeus holds him back (拘) with a toy claw (扌).

居

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms

居 = 古 + 尸 : Mnemonic symbol: 寄居蟹, ji4ju1xie4, a hermite crab.

A ghost is haunting Zeus and the hermite crab in front of the space station. While the hermite crab is able to retreat into the cloister it uses as shell, Zeus can only float away in horror.

居

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

surname Ju

据

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]

锯

鋸

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

variant of 鋦|锔[ju1]

匊

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

variant of 掬[ju1]

鞠

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

surname Ju

鞠 = 匊 + 革 : Zeus (ju) was brought up (鞠) by the inhabitants of the space station. One day, when they were out on a stroll in front of the space station (Ø1), they received a small one-person spacecraft with both hands (匊) and found baby Zeus inside cuddled in a cow's hide (革) together with a message that the sun of his home planet just exploded.

鞠

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2]