You might remember the meaning of the character 发 with this easy mnemonic:
A girl had dots (丶) and slashes (丿) on her face so she had long hair to cover them up. But one (一) day she decided she needed to regain her confidence again (又) and accept her own body. Her mother sent her a voucher to a hairdresser to cut her long hair.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.