You might remember the meaning of the character 修 with this easy mnemonic:
I would like to decorate my house with a cool staff (亻), line (丨) the door with ninja throwing stars so it can slash (丿) intruders, and bristles (彡) on my walls so I can scratch my back anytime I want.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.