例えば
たとえば · tatoeba · JLPT N4 · adverb
for example
例 = example + えば = if: if we take an example
From the verb 例える (tatoeru, to compare or liken) in its conditional -eba form, so it literally reads as if one were to liken it. The kanji 例 is the same one in 例 (rei, example), which anchors the meaning.