co-, cooperation
協 centers on working together toward a shared goal: cooperation, collaboration, or doing something jointly.
協 combines 十 (ten, many) with 劦 (three 力, strength), suggesting many strengths working together. The modern form preserves this cooperative idea.
Ten (十) strengths (劦, three 力) join forces: 協 is cooperation.
For キョウ, imagine a cooperative team shouting 'kyou!' (今日, today) as they start working together: kyou -> キョウ.
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cooperation; collaboration; help; support
association; society; organization; organisation
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
arrangement; pact; agreement
compromise; giving in
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
concerto
agricultural cooperative
fishery cooperative
cooperation; collaboration; cooperative work
concord; harmony; concert
discord; dissonance; cacophony
pact; convention; agreement
Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)
consumers' cooperative; cooperative; co-op; cooperative association
Dokkyo University
Council of Social Welfare
Japan Amateur Sports Association (abbr); JASA
agreement