考慮
こうりょ · kouryo · JLPT N3 · noun
consideration
⚖️ 考 think + 慮 deliberate = think it over; kouryo sounds like co-review
考 (kō) means to think or consider, as in 考える. 慮 (ryo) means careful deliberation or concern, as in 遠慮. Taking something into account means giving it a co-review: thinking it through twice before deciding.
考 — old 老 (top) + 丂 phonetic
Originally written like 老 ('old'), 考 depicted an elderly person with long hair leaning on a cane, and the two characters were once interchangeable. Over time 考 specialized to mean 'deceased father' and later 'to examine, test, investigate,' with the bottom 丂 hinting at the sound.