調停
ちょうてい · choutei · JLPT N1 · noun
mediation
⚖️ 調 (adjust) + 停 (stop): adjust both sides until the dispute stops
調 means adjust or tune, and 停 means stop or halt. Together, 調停 is adjusting both sides' positions until the conflict halts. It covers mediation, conciliation, and arbitration.
停 — person 亻 + pavilion 亭
A semantic-phonetic compound: 亻 (person) gives the meaning, while 亭 (pavilion, also pronounced tíng) supplies the sound. The image is of a person stopping at a roadside pavilion to rest, which yields the modern senses 'to stop, halt, park.'