Pinyin initial: "h"

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

Mnemonics for h

H is for Hamlet.

Characters with h

ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous

= + : Due to the runaway greenhouse effect, the oceans have risen and the airplane has been flooded. To do his daily workout, Hamlet has to do a handstand on two water bottles and do his push-ups this way.
intoxicated
envelope / case / letter

= + + : Hamlet (h) is waterboarded in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is trapped in a metal box (凵) wearing a breathing mask (丂) while being under a continuous stream provided by an aqueduct (氺). He is allowed to send one last letter (函) home, though.
variant of 函[han2]

= + + : Hamlet (h) is waterboarded in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is trapped in a metal box (凵) wearing a breathing mask (丂) while being under a continuous stream provided by an aqueduct (氺). He is allowed to send one last letter (函) home, though.
to contain / to include / culvert

= + : A few years ago in the anthill's kitchen (an2) Hamlet (h) received a letter (函) which contained (涵) only a bottle of water (氵). It gave him a bad feeling of the things to come.
small box / case

= + : Hamlet (h) is having a lunch break in the elevator's kitchen (e2) and pulls out his lunch box (盒). He's exited what will be inside this time. He prepares a shallow container (皿) and turns his lunch box upside down over it, but only a tube of glue (合) comes out and falls on his plate.
monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Hamlet (h) and a monkey (猴) are watching a huge portrait of the marquis (侯) holding a dachshund (犭) on his lap in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Hamlet recognizes the murderer of his father in him an shakes his fist at him, while the monkey mocks him by making funny faces and sticking out his tongue.
ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3]

= + : Hamlet (h) is walking his dachshund (犭) in the encampment ((e)n3). Suddenly the dachshund gets stuck in a chewing gum (艮). The chewing gum is so fierce (狠) that Hamlet has a hard time pulling his dachshund out again.
rare

= + : Hamlet (h) caught very rare (罕) dried fruits (干) with a butterfly net (⺳) to share with his friends in the anthill's living room (an3).
surname Heng

= + : Hamlet (h) is trying to get rid of the contrails (亘) extending across engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) with a flail (忄), but the contrails are fixed (恒) to the firmament very rigidly.
permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)

= + : Hamlet (h) is trying to get rid of the contrails (亘) extending across engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) with a flail (忄), but the contrails are fixed (恒) to the firmament very rigidly.
variant of 恆|恒[heng2]

= + : Hamlet (h) is trying to get rid of the contrails (亘) extending across engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) with a flail (忄), but the contrails are fixed (恒) to the firmament very rigidly.
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han

= + + : Hamlet (h) is playing a game in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He has a cross (十) in his hands (which are protected by soft leather gloves (韦)), and an alarm clock (早) will give him three minutes to crush as many alien critters from Korea (韩) as he can.
boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly

= + : Hamlet (h) decided to run away to sea 13 years ago. Now, having sailed (航) the seven seas, he's an accomplished captain and looking out of his yellow submarine (舟) wearing a turtleneck sweater (亢) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2).
surname Hang / Hangzhou
throat
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally

= + : Hamlet (h) got the task to drive a plow (耒) through a lot of hair (毛) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He thinks that it is just a waste (耗) of gasoline (油耗) because it requires a lot of time and energy (耗时耗力), but he does it anyway.
crane
prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: American scientist Joseph Henry.

Before Henry (亨) invented inductance he used to hang out with Hamlet (h) a lot in front of the engine ((e)ng1). One day he observed Hamlet shifting a mandarin (口) from a price cup (了) to a beret (亠) and vice versa, which gave him the idea of putting an iron core into an electromagnet.
to groan / to snort / to hum / to croon / humph!

= + : In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Joseph Henry (亨) finally has the idea how to build his coil and exclaims "hurrah!", accidentally throwing away Hamlet's (h) mandarin (口) so Hamlet just says "humph!" (哼).