You might remember the meaning of the character 隶 with this easy mnemonic:
Our scribe is a cute little pig who writes with his snout (彐) by hooking (亅) a pen to ear. I can't bear to see him slaving (隶) away, writing down all these documents.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.