Pinyin "qiu1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "qiu1" is split up into two parts: "qi" 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 "qi"

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou1"

In front of the outhouse.

Characters pronounced qiu1

丘

坵

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

variant of 丘[qiu1] / hillock

丘

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields / surname Qiu

丘 = 丿 + 丨 + 工 : In front of the outhouse (ou1), the Queen of Hearts (qi) set up a mound (丘) for her relatives. She also put a gate in front of it where the two pillars are a steel beam (工) and a dinosaur bone (丨) respectively, and the horizontal beam is a banana (丿).

秋

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

autumn / fall / harvest time

秋 = 火 + 禾 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).

秋

鞦

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

秋

秌

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

邱

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

mound

邱