You might remember the meaning of the character 耀 with this easy mnemonic:
I'm a brilliant athlete, because although my pant leg was tickling (⺍) one (一) of my legs (儿) and feathers (羽) were falling onto my head from a sparrow (隹) passing by, I still finished first.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.