妥結
だけつ · daketsu · JLPT N1 · noun
agreement
🤝 妥 = peaceful, agreeable + 結 = tie, bind: a peaceful tie makes an agreement
妥 means appropriate or peaceful, and 結 means tie or conclude. Together they describe a dispute that is concluded peacefully, with both sides settling on terms.
妥 — claw 爫 on top + woman 女 below
妥 depicts a hand (爫) resting on a woman (女), originally suggesting calming or settling someone down. From this came the meanings 'peaceful,' 'secure,' and 'appropriate.' Today it mainly means 'proper' or 'satisfactory,' as in 妥当 (proper) and 妥协 (compromise).