値引き
ねびき · nebiki · JLPT N1 · noun
discount
🏷️ 値 = price + 引き (from 引く, to subtract) = price subtracted = discount
The verb 引く means to pull back or subtract, so 値引き is subtracting from the price. Read it as price minus: the amount taken off is the discount.
引 — bow 弓 + vertical stroke 丨
A compound ideograph showing a bow 弓 with a vertical line 丨 representing the drawn bowstring. The original meaning was 'to draw a bow,' which extended to 'pull,' 'lead,' 'guide,' and 'cite.' The vertical stroke depicts the action of pulling the string back.