You might remember the meaning of the character 读 with this easy mnemonic:
I'm giving a ten (十) minute speech (讠) on how it is wrong to spear (乛) big (大) snow (⺀) bears. I think I need to add a few commas to my script, I need some pauses to let the audience think.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.