Pinyin final: "(e)n3"

The Pinyin final "(e)n3" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "(e)n3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)n3

In the encampment's living room.

Characters with (e)n3

审
審
shěn = sh + (e)n3
to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court)
审 = 宀 + 申 : Sherlock Holmes examines a murder case in the encampment. All that is left of the victim is a bloody graduation cap, and Sherlock investigates it with his magnifying glass. He pretends to compare the graduation cap to a catalogue of hats, but he's just a faker: He can't even read!
仅
僅
jǐn = ji + (e)n3
barely / only / merely
仅 = 亻 + 又 : Joan of Arc and Rosa Luxemburg are fighting a boxing match in the Forbidden city. There are barely / merely / only a few seconds of the last round left.
损
損
sǔn = su + (e)n3
to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to speak sarcastically / to deride / caustic / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)
损 = 员 + 扌 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) left her web just for a second to visit the bathroom, but when she comes back she finds that the encampment's ((e)n3) waiter (员) destroyed (损) her web with a toy claw (扌).
损
損
sǔn = su + (e)n3
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
准
準
zhǔn = zhu + (e)n3
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
准 = 冫 + 隹 : Julian Giant Squid is just about to eat a popsicle inside of the encampment, but in the last moment a sparrow snatches the popsicle away and shouts that it is forbidden to eat inside of the encampment.
饮
飲
yǐn = y + (e)n3
to drink
饮 = 欠 + 饣 : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
稳
穩
wěn = w + (e)n3
settled / steady / stable
稳 = 急 + 禾 : Willy Walrus (w) urgently (急) has to go to the bathroom, but his task is to guard the royal cereals (禾) in the encampment ((e)n3) so he stays steadily (稳) where he is.
隐
隱
yǐn = y + (e)n3
secret / hidden / concealed / (prefix) crypto-
隐 = 急 + 阝 : The pope (阝) and Maud Younger (y) both need to go to the bathroom in the encampment ((e)n3) urgently (急), but they both forgot the secret (隐) pass phrase so they cannot open the door.
紧
緊
jǐn = ji + (e)n3
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
紧 = 収 + 糸 : In the encampment Joan of Arc is very tense to finally open her present. It is a radio receiver which has been tightly packed in fine silk. Finally when she's finally allowed she urgently opens the package.
衮
袞
gǔn = gu + (e)n3
imperial robe
衮 = 公 + 衣 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is driving her magic bus (公) right through the encampment ((e)n3) and over the imperial robes (衮). She cuts them in halves, effectively creating shirts and kilts (衣). Look at the character 衮: it the bus driving right through the clothes (衣).
滚
滾
gǔn = gu + (e)n3
to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost!
滚 = 氵 + 衮 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) has to watch helplessly as a bottle of water (氵) rolls (滚) over her imperial robe (衮) in the encampment ((e)n3), spilling water all over the robe.
锦
錦
jǐn = ji + (e)n3
brocade / embroidered work / bright
锦 = 帛 + 钅 : Joan of Arc (ji) is embroidering (锦) her silken panties (帛) using a golden harpoon (钅) as needle in the encampment ((e)n3).
黾
黽
mǐn = mi + (e)n3
to strive
黾 = 口 + 电 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to charge (电) her phone in the encampment ((e)n3), but she finds that the charger (电) is already occupied by a toad (黾) which charges its mandarin (口). (Can you see the mandarin connected to the charger in the character 黾?)
蠢
chǔn = chu + (e)n3
stupid / sluggish / clumsy / to wiggle (of worms) / to move in a disorderly fashion
蠢 = 春 + 䖵 : Chantal Chicken (chu) prepared her favorite spring rolls (春) in the encampment ((e)n3). There are at least two mosquito larvae (䖵) wiggling (蠢) clumsily (蠢) inside of the spring rolls.
蠢
惷
chǔn = chu + (e)n3
variant of 蠢[chun3] / stupid
蠢 = 春 + 䖵 : Chantal Chicken (chu) prepared her favorite spring rolls (春) in the encampment ((e)n3). There are at least two mosquito larvae (䖵) wiggling (蠢) clumsily (蠢) inside of the spring rolls.
沈
shěn = sh + (e)n3
surname Shen / place name
沈 = 冘 + 氵 : In the encampment ((e)n3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) likes to pour (沈) water from a water bottle (氵) onto a treadmill (冘) to observe how the water flows off the moving treadmill.
沈
瀋
shěn = sh + (e)n3
liquid / to pour
沈 = 冘 + 氵 : In the encampment ((e)n3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) likes to pour (沈) water from a water bottle (氵) onto a treadmill (冘) to observe how the water flows off the moving treadmill.
苯
běn = b + (e)n3
benzene / benzol (chemistry)
闽
閩
mǐn = mi + (e)n3
short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4] / also pr. [Min2]