今度
こんど · kondo · JLPT N4 · noun
near future
📅 今度 = now (今) + time/occasion (度): this time, or the next one
今 means now and 度 counts occasions, so 今度 is literally the now-occasion. Depending on context it points at the current time or the very next one, which is why 今度の日曜日 means this coming Sunday and また今度 means some other time soon.
度 — 广 (shelter) + 庶 abbreviated (phonetic)
Originally depicted a hand measuring length under a shelter, meaning 'to measure' or 'a measure/standard.' From this came extended senses like 'degree,' 'extent,' and 'to pass through' (as in passing time). The reading 'dù' means degree/measure, while 'duó' preserves the older verbal sense of measuring.