Pinyin initial: "ku"

The Pinyin initial "ku" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "ku" 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 "ku" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ku

K is for Karl Koala.

Characters with ku

old variant of 愧[kui4]

= + : The demon (鬼) accepted a quest to slay Karl Koala (ku) with a flail (忄), but when he sees super cute Karl with his big eyes in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) the demon suddenly feels very ashamed (愧) that he wanted to slay such a cute animal for no reason.
(of a horse) powerful / strong
to deceive; to dupe / falsehood; lie / (dialect) to amuse
to bestow / to confer
surname Kuai / name of a feudal state
archaic variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]
urgent / pressed
ignorant / blank-minded
broker
cut open and clean
(onom.) clang / see 哐啷, clatter
to sigh
fascinating / pretty
barn / granary
to fear / apprehensive
sincere
simple-minded / sincere
confused / troubled