Kanji

💡 Break 幽 down and you get 山 (mountain) — three peaks rising side by side, and beside it 幺 (tiny / faint) — a short loop of thread, too fine and small to hold much. Picture mountain peaks rising side by side, put 幽 inside it, and let that scene stand for "faint" — faint / confine. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 庄 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall, and beside it 土 (earth / soil) — a mound of earth pushed up from flat ground. Picture a boundary wall with a small roofed gateway standing open in the middle of it, put 庄 inside it, and let that scene stand for "manor" — manor. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 庸 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall. Picture rows of curved roof tiles overlapping down from the ridge, put 庸 inside it, and let that scene stand for "mediocre" — mediocre / employ. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 廃 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall. Picture a building topped with a flat railed terrace, put 廃 inside it, and let that scene stand for "abolish" — abolish / obsolete. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 廉 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall. Picture a building topped with a flat railed terrace, put 廉 inside it, and let that scene stand for "cheap" — cheap / honest. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 廊 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall. Picture rows of curved roof tiles overlapping down from the ridge, put 廊 inside it, and let that scene stand for "corridor" — corridor. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 弊 down and you get 敝 (worn / tattered) — a cloth beaten so often its threads have started to fray, and beside it 廾 (two hands) — two hands lifting from below. Picture a cloth hanging from its rail, put 弊 inside it, and let that scene stand for "evil" — evil / our (humble). The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Picture a file folder holding a stack of papers: that is what 彙 means — vocabulary / collection. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 彑 (snout) — a pointed snout hooking down and back on itself. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.

💡 Break 徐 down and you get 彳 (step / going) — the left half of a crossroads, where people walk, and beside it 余 (extra / surplus) — a shelter built roomier than it needs to be, with space left over. Picture a milestone post standing beside the road, put 徐 inside it, and let that scene stand for "slowly" — slowly. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 循 down and you get 彳 (step / going) — the left half of a crossroads, where people walk. Picture a road disappearing through a tunnel cut into a hillside, put 循 inside it, and let that scene stand for "circulate" — circulate / follow. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.