擎

to raise (hand)

擎 = 手 + 敬 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is using a baseball glove (手) to raise her hand (擎) and toast (敬) to herself in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).

擎 character breakdown

擎
- 手
- 敬
  - 攵
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 𠂉
      - 一
      - 丿
  - 苟
    - 句
      - 勹
        
        丿
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
      - 口
    - 艹

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

敬

jìng = ji + (e)ng4

to respect / to venerate / to salute / to offer

敬 = 苟 + 攵 : Joan of Arc has been drinking too carelessly in the engine's bathroom, and the next day's headache feels like a sledgehammer working its way into her skull. She really shouldn't have been toasting to herself so many times.

敬

jìng = ji + (e)ng4

(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely