Kanji

💡 Break 任 down and you get 亻 (person) — a person standing at the left of the scene, and beside it 壬 (bear a burden) — a stand with one extra weight balanced carefully across the top. Picture a standing figure carrying a beam across the shoulders with one weight balanced on top, put 任 inside it, and let that scene stand for "responsibility" — responsibility / entrust. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 引 down and you get 弓 (bow / arc) — a bow bent and ready to spring back, and beside it 丨 (vertical line) — a single upright stroke through the middle. Picture a bow bent as its string is drawn back into one straight taut line, put 引 inside it, and let that scene stand for "pull" — pull / discount. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 求 down and you get 氺 (water) — water gathering at the foot of the character, and beside it 丶 (dot) — a single dot marking the spot. Picture water falling from a rock ledge into the pool below it, put 求 inside it, and let that scene stand for "seek" — seek / request. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 次 down and you get 冫 (ice) — two frozen droplets clinging to the side, and beside it 欠 (lack / open mouth) — a person leaning forward with their mouth open. Picture a block of ice with frost spreading from it, put 次 inside it, and let that scene stand for "next" — next. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 論 down and you get 言 (speech / words) — words rising out of an open mouth, and beside it 侖 (arrange / logic) — a stack of tablets gathered together and bound in order. Picture a megaphone broadcasting sound waves outward, put 論 inside it, and let that scene stand for "argument" — argument / theory. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Picture a person mid-stride walking forward: that is what 官 means — government official. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 宀 (roof) — a roof stretched over the whole house. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.

💡 Break 増 down and you get 土 (earth / soil) — a mound of earth pushed up from flat ground, and beside it 曽 (once / long ago) — several storeys stacked one above another over a single window. Picture a mound of earth raised from flat ground, put 増 inside it, and let that scene stand for "increase" — increase. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 減 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge, and beside it 咸 (all / entirely) — a mouth boxed in on every side, nothing left outside it. Picture a tank sealed shut on every side, its water line marked lower than before, put 減 inside it, and let that scene stand for "decrease" — decrease. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 係 down and you get 亻 (person) — a person standing at the left of the scene, and beside it 系 (system / lineage) — a hand holding the top of a thread that hangs down in loops. Picture a standing figure holding one end of a thread that loops away and ties back on itself, put 係 inside it, and let that scene stand for "connection" — connection / person in charge. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

💡 Break 感 down and you get 咸 (all / entirely) — a mouth boxed in on every side, nothing left outside it, and beside it 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart with waves spreading out of it to every edge, reaching all of you at once, put 感 inside it, and let that scene stand for "feeling" — feeling. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.