経営

けいえい · keiei · JLPT N3 · noun

management

🏢💼 経 warp thread, to govern + 営 to operate = running a business

経 first meant the lengthwise warp threads on a loom, the frame that holds everything together, which led to its sense of governing. 営 means to run or operate, as in 営業 (business) and 営む (to run a shop). Holding the frame while running the operation is management.

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