整
zhěng · HSK 3
exact
📏 整 zhěng = 束 (bundle) + 攵 (strike) + 正 (correct): strike a bundle into correct order
整 means whole, neat, or exact. The components combine bundling, action, and correctness — tying things up and making them right. Common in 整齐 (zhěngqí, tidy) and 整个 (zhěnggè, the whole).
整 — 束 bundle + 攵 tap/strike + 正 correct/upright
A compound character combining 敕 (to arrange, with 束 'bundle' and 攵 'strike/action') over 正 ('upright, correct'). The image is of striking a bundle into proper alignment, giving the meaning 'to put in order, arrange neatly.' From this came senses of 'whole, complete, tidy.'