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Pinyin "zhe2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhe2" is split up into two parts: "zh" and "e2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zh"
Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhānmǔsī èrshì).
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e2"
In the elevator's kitchen.
Characters pronounced zhe2
variant of 乙[zhe2]
Mnemonic symbol: a sickle.
James II of England (zh) cuts his own hair with his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
James II of England (zh) cuts his own hair with his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
rut / track / rhyme / (dialect) way / method
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
辙
=
车
+
育
+
攵
:
James II of England (zh) wants to go out on a trip with his cabriolet (车). He can only drive it through the ruts (辙) leading through the elevator's kitchen (e2), but someone is rearing (育) their egg on the track. James II of England will have to remove the egg with a sledgehammer (攵) in order to be able to continue.
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold
wise / a sage
turning stroke (in Chinese characters) / see also 折[zhe2]
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
document folded in accordion form / to fold
variant of 哲[zhe2] (used as a surname and in given names)
to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China) / to banish or exile / (of immortals) to banish from Heaven / to censure / to blame