会議
かいぎ · kaigi · JLPT N4 · noun
meeting
💼 会議 = meet (会) + deliberate (議): people meet to deliberate
会 (kai) means to meet or gather, as in 会社 (company). 議 (gi) means to discuss or deliberate, as in 議論 (debate). Put together: a gathering for discussion, which is a meeting or conference.
会 — 人 person on top + 云 cloud/say below (simplified from 會)
The traditional form 會 showed a lid over a vessel with contents stacked inside, depicting things coming together — hence 'meet, gather, assemble.' From 'gathering' it extended to 'meeting,' then 'understand' (minds meeting) and 'be able to.' The simplified 会 keeps only a schematic top and bottom.