状
ジョウ

status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

JLPT3 G5 S7 F298

As per 丬/爿# (long and slender) + 犬 dog/beast → long, slender dog/beast. *Situation* and *conditions* are borrowed meanings → *form*; *letter*; *describe*; *express* (← document reporting on conditions).

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