You might remember the meaning of the character 惩 with this easy mnemonic:
My parents used to punish me with 1000 steps (彳) in one (一) day if I did something wrong. It was so tiring, once I stop (止) I would feel my heart (心) beating right out of my chest.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.