You might remember the meaning of the character 尝 with this easy mnemonic:
I tasted blood when my brother tickled (⺍) me because I bumped up against the down box (冂) and cut my mouth (口) and got two (二) bumps on my private (厶) parts.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.