You might remember the meaning of the character 举 with this easy mnemonic:
The new theme park has tickled (⺍) the locals' fancy making it the number one (一) weekend spot! On rainy days people with umbrella (扌) form what looks like a dotted (丶) line from above at eight (八).
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.