風景
ふうけい · fuukei · JLPT N3 · noun
scenery
🏞️ 風景 = wind + view: the view the wind blows across
風 (fuu) means wind and 景 (kei) means view or scene. Together they mean scenery or landscape. Sound hook: fuukei sounds like 'phew, okay', which is what you say when a view takes your breath away.
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'.