Pinyin initial: "du"

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

Mnemonics for du

Du is for Doggy Dog.

Characters with du

睹

覩

dǔ = du + Ø3

old variant of 睹[du3]

睹 = 目 + 者 : The Eye of Providence (目) is witnessing with its own eye (睹) the Sun King (者) making out with Doggy Dog (du) in the space station (Ø3).

朵

朶

duǒ = du + o3

variant of 朵[duo3]

朵 = 几 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a tulip bud.

Doggy Dog (du) gets two new piercings in the observatory (o3). The piercer's table consists of a table (几) with four Christmas trees (木) as legs. The piercer is just about to pierce Doggy Dog's earlobes (朵) with tulip buds (朵).

妒

妬

dù = du + Ø4

variant of 妒[du4]

妒 = 女 + 户 : Doggy Dog (du) is very jealous (妒) of Bessie Coleman (女) because she can juggle wooden swinging doors (户) so well, especially in zero gravity in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

遁

遯

dùn = du + (e)n4

variant of 遁[dun4]

趸

躉

dǔn = du + (e)n3

wholesale

胴

dòng = du + (e)ng4

large intestine / torso

埵