整う
ととのう · totonou · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to be prepared
📚 整 = 束 (bundle) + 正 (straight): bundled up straight, so it is in order
Used for a room being tidied, a schedule being ready, or breathing settling into rhythm. The transitive form 整える means to put things in order.
整 — 束 bundle + 攵 tap/strike + 正 correct/upright
A compound character combining 敕 (to arrange, with 束 'bundle' and 攵 'strike/action') over 正 ('upright, correct'). The image is of striking a bundle into proper alignment, giving the meaning 'to put in order, arrange neatly.' From this came senses of 'whole, complete, tidy.'