You might remember the meaning of the character 碗 with this easy mnemonic:
Everything in my house is made out of stone (石), including this bowl, my roof (宀), my evening (夕) rocking chair, this statue of a snake (乚), and of course my crane (㇆).
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.