You might remember the meaning of the character 著 with this easy mnemonic:
The aspect particle indicating action in progress in Chinese looks like ten (十) flowers (艹) growing on our one (一) and only Mother Earth (土), slashed (丿) through the middle by rays of sun (日) light.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.