• 状況じょうきょう — circumstances; situation
• 近況きんきょう — recent situation; current state
• 実況じっきょう — live coverage; actual condition
• 況いわんや — let alone; much less

況 combines the water radical (氵) with 兄 as the phonetic element. The sense is of a condition flowing outward, an observable “state of affairs.” Extended uses include contrasts and comparisons, as in いわんや (“much less; let alone”).