Kanji

💡 Break 溶 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture a river bending past a stone in its current, put 溶 inside it, and let that scene stand for "melt" — melt / dissolve. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Picture a steaming bowl of food: that is what 沸 means — boil. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge, and beside it 弗 (not / currency mark) — two strands pulled taut and crossed, straining against each other. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.

💡 Picture a steaming bowl of food: that is what 蒸 means — steam. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 艹 (grass / plant) — two shoots pushing up through the soil. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.

💡 Break 滴 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture water falling from a rock ledge into the pool below it, put 滴 inside it, and let that scene stand for "drop (of liquid)" — drop (of liquid). The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 波 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge, and beside it 皮 (skin / hide) — a hide pulled off in one piece. Picture water falling from a rock ledge into the pool below it, put 波 inside it, and let that scene stand for "wave" — wave. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 泡 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture a well with its water surface catching the light, put 泡 inside it, and let that scene stand for "bubble" — bubble. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Picture a stepping stone in the middle of a flowing river: that is what 津 means — harbor / tsunami. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge, and beside it 聿 (brush / writing) — a hand holding a brush over the paper. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.

💡 Break 潮 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture rain falling from a cloud onto a rippling pond, put 潮 inside it, and let that scene stand for "tide" — tide. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 濃 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge. Picture rain falling from a cloud onto a rippling pond, put 濃 inside it, and let that scene stand for "dense" — dense / thick. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 薄 down and you get 艹 (grass / plant) — two shoots pushing up through the soil, and beside it 溥 (spread thin) — water spread so thin it barely covers the ground beneath it. Picture young plants pushing up out of the soil beside a garden label, put 薄 inside it, and let that scene stand for "thin" — thin / weak. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.