Pinyin initial: "xu"

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

Mnemonics for xu

Xu is for Xu Xian.

Characters with xu

variant of 徇[xun4]
name of a river
Fraxinus bungeana
(literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy
suddenly / also pr. [hu1]
to snort
variant of 欻[xu1]
damage egg so it does not hatch
to ditch / a moat
abundant / bright / strain spirits
sound of flaying
spurt out of the mouth
a group of springs
warm up (food)
see 獯鬻[Xun1 yu4]
dazzled / dizzy
bamboo flower / flowering bamboo
official pay / sacrificial rice
bind / silkcords