Pinyin final: "a3"

The Pinyin final "a3" 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 "a3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for a3

In the ashram's living room.

Characters with a3

法

灋

fǎ = f + a3

old variant of 法[fa3] / law

法 = 去 + 氵 : Frankenstein's monster locked himself to a concrete barrel during a demonstration in the ashram, but now he's in a really unpleasant situation: the lawyer's wig he put on slipped on his face and his bottle of water rolled away, but he can't change any of it since he locked his arms into the concrete barrel.

法 = 去 + 氵 : Mnemonic symbol: A lawyer's wig.

塔

墖

tǎ = t + a3

old variant of 塔[ta3]

塔 = 土 + 荅 : Tecumseh (t) opened a minaret (塔) in the ashram (a3). Because he is too lazy to sing himself all day, he set up an answering machine (荅) to play the prayers and built a funnel out of clay (土) for better sound.

槚

檟

jiǎ = ji + a3

Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)

痖

瘂

yǎ = y + a3

mute, incapable of speech / same as 啞|哑[ya3]

唼

shǎ = sh + a3

to speak evil / gobbling sound made by ducks

婽

jiǎ = ji + a3

good

拃

zhǎ = zh + a3