前景
qiánjǐng · HSK 5
prospect
🔭 前 = front/ahead + 景 = view/scenery = the view ahead = prospect
前 means 'front' or 'ahead' (as in 前面). 景 means 'view' or 'scenery' (as in 风景 scenery). Together: the scenery ahead, i.e. what lies in front — your outlook or prospects.
前 — top 丷 + 一 + 月 (moon) + 刂 (knife)
Originally written 歬, depicting a foot 止 above a boat 舟, meaning to advance or go forward. Over time the form evolved and the knife radical 刂 was added, while 止 and 舟 fused into the modern shape. The core meaning 'front, before, ahead' has stayed consistent.
景 — sun 日 on top + capital 京 below (phonetic)
景 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 日 (sun) gives the meaning and 京 (jīng, capital) supplies the sound. It originally meant 'sunlight' or 'bright', then extended to 'shadow cast by sunlight', and later broadened to 'scenery' or 'view'.