讲

to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture

讲 = 井 + 讠 : Inside of the anglepod Joan of Arc finds and advertising column next to a well. The advertising column says that if a coin is thrown into the well, it will state a wise and helpful truth. Joan of Arc does so and the well speaks: "it is not wise to throw coins into a well".

讲 character breakdown

讲
- 井
  - 丨
  - 丿
  - 二
    - 一
- 讠

井

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

井 = 二 + 丿 + 丨 : Joan of Arc (ji) is digging a well (井) inside the engine ((e)ng3). At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor (二) to a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨), which dig for her using the electrical energy.

讠

訁

yán = y + an2

"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).