= yu + Ø4
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How to pronounce 玉

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago

玉 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]
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wáng = w + ang2
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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wàng = w + ang4
to rule / to reign over
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Characters with 玉 as component

guó = gu + o2
surname Guo
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guó = gu + o2
country / nation / state / national / CL:個|个[ge4]
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bǎo = b + ao3
variant of 寶|宝[bao3]
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Words with 玉

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corn / maize / CL:粒[li4]
corn cake / Mexican tortilla
cornflour / corn starch

Sentences with 玉

yào
dào
miàn
qián
gào
zhuàng

Want to remember 玉 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

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