Pinyin final: "ao1"

The Pinyin final "ao1" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "ao1" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao1

In front of the aorta.

Characters with ao1

夭

殀

ya̅o = y + ao1

variant of 夭[yao1] / to die young / to die prematurely / Taiwan pr. [yao3]

操

撡

ca̅o = c + ao1

old variant of 操[cao1]

操 = 喿 + 扌 : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.

掏

搯

ta̅o = t + ao1

variant of 掏[tao1]

掏 = 匋 + 扌 : Tecumseh (t) stopped at a pottery pop-up store (匋) in front of the aorta (ao1) to buy a nice little cup he found. While he is scooping (掏) out the change from his pocket, the store owner is scooping out his wallet from the other pocket using a toy claw (扌).

哓

嘵

xia̅o = xi + ao1

a cry of alarm / querulous

嚆

ha̅o = h + ao1

sound / noise

墝

qia̅o = qi + ao1

stony soil

弨

cha̅o = ch + ao1