You might remember the meaning of the character 宽 with this easy mnemonic:
The landlord is very lenient, he lets us repaint the roof (宀), plant flowers (艹) in his garden, and see (见) that hole on our wall? He says we don't have to pay to fix it!
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.