to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
请
=
讠
+
青
:
The Queen of Hearts set up a fountain of youth right in the middle of the engine. She invites everyone to take a sip and even set up an advertising column to motivate the visitors to come and try it.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
青
=
龶
+
月
:
Mnemonic symbol: a cyan-colored fountain of youth.
青
=
龶
+
月
:
The moon opened a very profitable start-up in front of the engine. He put up a fountain of youth and--wearing a fancy headdress--charges the Queen of Hearts a fortune for drinking from the fountain.
Characters with 请 as component
请
is not used as a component in another character.