提案
ていあん · teian · JLPT N3 · noun
proposal
💡📝 提案 = hold up 提 + a plan 案: you hold up a plan for others to weigh
提 (tei) means to raise or present, as in 提出 (teishutsu, to submit). 案 (an) means a plan or draft, as in 案内 (annai, guidance). Raise a plan for others to see and you've made a proposal. Sound hook: say it 'tay-an' — you lay out a plan for the table.
提 — hand radical 扌 + 是 (phonetic)
提 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 gives the meaning, since the character originally referred to lifting or carrying something by hand. The right side 是 supplies the sound. From 'lift up' it extended to 'raise (an issue),' 'mention,' and 'bring forward.'