当て
あて · ate · JLPT N1 · noun
expectation
🎯 当て (ate) sounds like AT: you aim AT what you expect and depend on
Comes from 当てる (ateru), to hit or aim at a target. Your expectations are where you aim, and what you depend on is what you count on to land.
当 — small ⺌ + crown 冖 + hand 彐 (simplified from 當: 尚 + 田)
Originally written 當, combining 田 'field' with 尚 as a phonetic. The early sense was 'to match' or 'face' a field of equal value, extended to 'correspond to', 'ought to', and 'serve as'. The simplified form 当 streamlines the upper 尚 component.