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I encountered 配慮 in my word list. Understanding how 慮 contributes to its
meaning (which is "consideration") is not very difficult to grasp considering
that 遠慮 occurs commonly in daily life. But when I try to associate 配 with 配る
and 心配 (and adding 配慮 to the mix), I feel that this kanji does not seem to
have a "unifying meaning" associated to it, unlike 木 (although, it might be an
unfair comparison because it's a 象形文字). I understand that it's hopeless trying
to unify meanings associated to certain kanjis like 占める and 占う. But what about
配？
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What is the semantic contribution of 配 in 配慮? Or in general, what is 配 really?
配 is commonly encapsulated in English with "distribute", but you might also
capture much of it with the word " **allot** ", in the sense of allotting each
its due. So 配慮 would give you "allotting-consideration", or more
idiomatically, "paying consideration".

Source: Comparing all the kanji compounds for 配 in the スーパー大辞林.
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