事宜
shìyí · HSK 7
arrangements
📋 事 = affair + 宜 = fitting; the affairs that are fitting to arrange
事 shì means matter or affair; 宜 yí means fitting or appropriate. Together 事宜 names the affairs that need fitting arrangement, hence arrangements or matters concerned.
事 — hand 又 holding a banner/tablet on a pole
Originally a pictograph of a hand (又) grasping a pole or ceremonial banner used by an official, depicting the act of conducting court business. From this it came to mean 'affair, matter, business, service.' It shares an ancient origin with 史 (scribe) and 吏 (official).