You might remember the meaning of the character 瓶 with this easy mnemonic:
I painted a set of eyebrows (丷), one (一) mouth and two hands (廾) on the bottle, let it dry (干), stuck it on a tile (瓦) and made it into modern art.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.