You might remember the meaning of the character 赏 with this easy mnemonic:
The only award the school will give you when you get good grades is a good tickle (⺍) while you sit on that down box (冂). Sometimes they'll put mussels and shells (贝) in your mouth (口), but it's not that delicious.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.