Pinyin "ju4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ju4" is split up into two parts: "ju" and "Ø4". 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 "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced ju4

句
jù = ju + Ø4
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
句 = 勹 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a grammar nazi.

Zeus, the elephant and the grammar nazi are playing monkey in the bathroom's space station. The elephant uses its long trunk to hold the mandarin just above the grammar nazis head where he can't reach it, while Zeus laughs out loud.
具
jù = ju + Ø4
tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
具 = 目 + 一 + 八 : The eye of providence broke his flute and his eight ball. Luckily, Zeus has a tool box, and he helps the eye of providence to fix his flute and eight ball in the space station's bathroom.
俱
jù = ju + Ø4
(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike
俱
jù = ju + Ø4
entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / to be alike
俱 = 亻 + 具 : Zeus shows Rosa Luxemburg his tool box in the space station's bathroom. He's proud that he has, without exception, all ring wrench sizes at his hand.
足
jù = ju + Ø4
excessive
惧
懼
jù = ju + Ø4
to fear
惧 = 具 + 忄 : Zeus (ju) broke his flail (忄), and as he is about to open his tool box (具) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) he fears (惧) that he doesn't have the right tools to fix the flail.
据
㨿
jù = ju + Ø4
variant of 據|据[ju4]
据 = 居 + 扌 : Zeus (ju) wants to use the toilet in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but it is occupied (据) by a hermite crab (居) which states that the toilet is its new home and cannot be used anymore. Consequently Zeus seizes (据) the crab by using a toy claw (扌) with which he pulls the hermite crab out of the toilet.
据
jù = ju + Ø4
variant of 據|据[ju4]
据 = 居 + 扌 : Zeus (ju) wants to use the toilet in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but it is occupied (据) by a hermite crab (居) which states that the toilet is its new home and cannot be used anymore. Consequently Zeus seizes (据) the crab by using a toy claw (扌) with which he pulls the hermite crab out of the toilet.
据
據
jù = ju + Ø4
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
据 = 居 + 扌 : Zeus (ju) wants to use the toilet in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but it is occupied (据) by a hermite crab (居) which states that the toilet is its new home and cannot be used anymore. Consequently Zeus seizes (据) the crab by using a toy claw (扌) with which he pulls the hermite crab out of the toilet.
剧
劇
jù = ju + Ø4
theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe
剧 = 刂 + 居 : Zeus (ju) is making a big, serious (剧) drama (剧) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). A hermite crab (居) decided to move in in the toilet, but Zeus has to urgently use it. Zeus threatens that if the hermite crab doesn't get out voluntarily, he will force it out with a kitchen knife (刂).
锯
鋸
jù = ju + Ø4
a saw / to cut with a saw
巨
jù = ju + Ø4
very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
巨
jù = ju + Ø4
very large / huge / tremendous / gigantic
This character reminds me of the Leshan Giant Buddha.

Zeus wants to use the space station's bathroom, but as the Leshan Giant Buddha enters the whole room is already filled by the giant's foot.
距
jù = ju + Ø4
at a distance of / distance / to be apart
距 = ⻊ + 巨 : The giant Leshan Buddha (巨) is trying out his new cowboy boot (⻊) by kicking Zeus (ju) out of the space station's bathroom's (Ø4) window. Zeus doesn't even know what happened until he sees the boot from a distance (距).
拒
jù = ju + Ø4
to resist / to repel / to refuse
拒 = 巨 + 扌 : The Giant Leshan Buddha (巨) wants to squish Zeus (ju) in the space stations bathroom (Ø4), but Zeus is able to resist and repel (拒) the Buddha using a toy claw (扌).
渠
jù = ju + Ø4
how can it be that?
炬
jù = ju + Ø4
torch
聚
jù = ju + Ø4
to congregate / to assemble / to mass / to gather together / to amass / to polymerize
聚 = 乑 + 取 : Zeus (ju) and the evil caterpillar twin (乑) found two bloody ears (取) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). They fuse (聚) them to the caterpillar's head so that finally she is able to hear.