了承
りょうしょう · ryoushou · JLPT N1 · noun
recognition
🤝 了 = finished/understood + 承 = receive/take on: you take it on board, so you acknowledge it
承 means to receive or carry on, and 了 marks something completed. Together, 了承 is saying 'got it, it's settled in my head'. Use it as a quick reply in meetings or chats.
了 — pictograph of swaddled child with no arms
了 originally depicted an infant wrapped in swaddling cloth, with the arms hidden or bound — a variant of 子 (child) without the arms. From 'finished wrapping' it extended to mean 'completed' or 'finished,' which is its main modern grammatical use as an aspect particle marking completed action.