申领
shēn lǐng · HSK 7
to apply (for license, visa etc)
📝 申 apply/state + 领 receive/collect = apply to receive (a license, visa)
申 carries the sense of stating or submitting a request; 领 means to collect or receive. Together: you submit a request in order to collect something official, like a license or visa.
领 — 令 (command, phonetic) + 页 (head)
A semantic-phonetic compound. 页 (head/page) gives the meaning, originally referring to the neck or collar — the part connecting the head to the body. 令 supplies the sound. From 'neck/collar' it extended to 'lead, guide, receive,' since the neck leads the body.