请问

Why does 请问 look like this?

The first character '请' (qǐng) combines the 'speech' radical (讠) with 'blue/green' (青) which provides the sound, meaning to politely request. The second character '问' (wèn) shows a 'mouth' (口) inside a 'gate' (门), representing the act of asking a question at someone's door. Together, they form a polite way to say 'Excuse me, may I ask...?'