You might remember the meaning of the character 慌 with this easy mnemonic:
Being in charge of holding the lantern (忄) is making me nervous because it has flowers (艹) on its lid (亠) and I'm worried I'll slash (丿) it open with my eye line (丨)-er.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.