景気
けいき · keiki · JLPT N3 · noun
business
📈💴 景気 = scene + mood: the mood of the market
景 means scene or view, and 気 means spirit or mood. Together they describe the mood of the business scene, which is why 景気 means the state of the economy. 景気がいい means business is good, and 不景気 means a recession.
景 — sun 日 on top + capital 京 below (phonetic)
景 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 日 (sun) gives the meaning and 京 (jīng, capital) supplies the sound. It originally meant 'sunlight' or 'bright', then extended to 'shadow cast by sunlight', and later broadened to 'scenery' or 'view'.