Pinyin initial: "fu"

The Pinyin initial "fu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "fu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by animals. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "fu" can appear in.

Mnemonics for fu

Fu is for Frieda Fox.

Characters with fu

variant of 俯[fu3]

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are looking down (俯) on the government (府) in the space station (Ø3). They're looking down on the government from the space station's window.
old variant of 婦|妇[fu4]

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) and Bessie Coleman (女), both being women (妇), do women's stuff in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), such as throwing fake pig noses (彐) at each other.
variant of 附[fu4]

= + : The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
perplexed / astonished
variant of 麩|麸[fu1]
bran
silver carp
the skate or ray
Japanese variant of 拂[fu2]
undercurrent eddy
basket used in state worship
(water-beetle) / money
old form of turban / variant of 袱, cloth wrapper for bundles
to contribute to funeral expenses
(used in place names)
stretch
(phonetic "pol", used in Korean place names)
to rely on / to resemble
to chop / strike
oppose