程度
ていど · teido · JLPT N3 · noun
amount
🌡️📏 程度 = measure/extent 程 + degree 度 → how far something goes
程 means a measured span, as in 日程 (schedule) and 過程 (process). 度 means degree, as in 温度 (temperature). Put together, they mean the level or extent of something. The common phrase ある程度 means to some extent.
度 — 广 (shelter) + 庶 abbreviated (phonetic)
Originally depicted a hand measuring length under a shelter, meaning 'to measure' or 'a measure/standard.' From this came extended senses like 'degree,' 'extent,' and 'to pass through' (as in passing time). The reading 'dù' means degree/measure, while 'duó' preserves the older verbal sense of measuring.