Kanji

💡 Break 逮 down and you get 隶 (catch / servant) — a hand stretched out, just closing on the tail of whatever it is made to follow, and beside it ⻌ (road / movement) — a road running along the bottom of the character. Picture a road disappearing through a tunnel cut into a hillside, put 逮 inside it, and let that scene stand for "arrest" — arrest / capture. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 拘 down and you get 扌 (hand) — a hand reaching in from the left, and beside it 句 (phrase / clause) — a mouthful of words folded closed into one wrapped phrase. Picture an open hand with the character resting in the palm, put 拘 inside it, and let that scene stand for "arrest" — arrest / adhere. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 釈 down and you get 尺 (measure / length) — a measure held against the thing being sized. Picture counting beads above a counting board, put 釈 inside it, and let that scene stand for "explain" — explain / release. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 赦 down and you get 攵 (strike / action) — a hand raised to make something happen. Picture a mound of earth raised from flat ground, put 赦 inside it, and let that scene stand for "pardon" — pardon. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 懲 down and you get 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart, standing for how something feels, put 懲 inside it, and let that scene stand for "punish" — punish / learn from. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Picture a wall drawn right around what it holds: that is what 戒 means — admonish / guard. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 戈 (halberd / conflict) — a long shaft held across the body, and beside it 廾 (two hands) — two hands lifting from below. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.

💡 Break 隠 down and you get ⻖ (hill / mound) — a terraced hill climbing at the left. Picture a terraced hillside, put 隠 inside it, and let that scene stand for "hide" — hide. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 蔽 down and you get 艹 (grass / plant) — two shoots pushing up through the soil, and beside it 敝 (worn / tattered) — a cloth beaten so often its threads have started to fray. Picture young plants pushing up out of the soil beside a garden label, put 蔽 inside it, and let that scene stand for "cover" — cover / conceal. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 捏 down and you get 扌 (hand) — a hand reaching in from the left. Picture a single hand cupped sideways as if scooping something up, put 捏 inside it, and let that scene stand for "fabricate" — fabricate. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 偽 down and you get 亻 (person) — a person standing at the left of the scene. Picture a person bent forward from the waist in a bow, put 偽 inside it, and let that scene stand for "false" — false / fake. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.