妥 means “compromise, reasonable”

だ · da

Also: gentle, peace, satisfactory, appropriate

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ダ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

A hand (爫) resting on a kneeling woman (女): picture a hand on someone's shoulder, calming an argument down. 妥 is settling on what fits: 妥協 is compromise, 妥当 is reasonable or valid, and wage talks end in a 妥結.

Used in 妥協 (dakyou, compromise), 妥当 (datou, appropriate/valid), and 妥結 (daketsu, settlement/agreement)

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