Pinyin initial: "tu"

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

Mnemonics for tu

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

Characters with tu

秃
禿
tu̅ = tu + Ø1
bald / blunt
秃 = 禾 + 几 : Tommy Turtle (tu) once had a lot of very dense hair, but one day he was sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) eating a bowl of cereals (禾), and after he finished the cereals all his hair came off and he became a bald (秃) donkey.
驮
馱
tuó = tu + o2
to carry on one's back
鲀
魨
tún = tu + (e)n2
pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae)
侗
tóng = tu + (e)ng2
ignorant
佟
tóng = tu + (e)ng2
surname Tong
驼
駞
tuó = tu + o2
variant of 駝|驼[tuo2]
驼
駝
tuó = tu + o2
hump or hunchbacked / camel
椭
橢
tuǒ = tu + o3
ellipse
椭 = 木 + 阝 + 有 : Tommy Turtle (tu) and the Pope (阝) are celebrating Christmas in the observatory (o3). Somehow the Pope managed to decorate the Christmas tree (木) with ovally (椭) shaped confetti (有).
図
tú = tu + Ø2
Japanese variant of 圖|图
疃
tuǎn = tu + an3
village / animal track
沱
tuó = tu + o2
tearful / to branch (of river)
坨
tuó = tu + o2
(bound form) lump / heap
佗
tuó = tu + o2
carry on the back
荼
tú = tu + Ø2
thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion
橐
tuó = tu + o2
sack / tube open at both ends / (onom.) footsteps
峒
tóng = tu + (e)ng2
name of a mountain
峒
峝
tóng = tu + (e)ng2
variant of 峒[tong2]
湍
tua̅n = tu + an1
to rush (of water)