出迎え
でむかえ · demukae · JLPT N2 · noun
meeting
🛬 出 (go out) + 迎え (welcome) = going out to welcome someone who is arriving
迎え (mukae) means welcome or pickup, and 出 (de) means go out. Together they describe going out to meet an arriving guest or person at the airport, station, or door.
出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'
迎 — walk radical 辶 + 卬 (phonetic)
迎 is a phono-semantic compound: 辶 (walk/movement) gives the meaning of going toward someone, while 卬 supplies the sound (close to yíng). 卬 originally depicted a person looking up, reinforcing the idea of facing or greeting. Together the character means 'to welcome' or 'meet'.