You might remember the meaning of the character 很 with this easy mnemonic:
The bachelorette party (aka Hen's Night) is meant to celebrate a new step (彳) into marriage. But often people just get very drunk and there is no stopping (艮) of the ladies partying the night away.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.