久仰
jiǔ yǎng · HSK 7
It's an honor to meet you at last.
⏳ 久仰 = 久 long-time + 仰 look up to = I've long looked up to you
久 means a long time; 仰 means to look up to or admire. Together they form a set greeting meaning you have long admired someone and are honored to finally meet them.
久 — person 人 with a stroke marking the back
Originally a pictograph showing a person from behind with a mark indicating moxibustion treatment applied to the back, the original sense of 'cauterize' (now written 灸). It was borrowed phonetically to mean 'long time' or 'enduring,' which became its standard meaning.
仰 — person radical 亻 + 卬 (phonetic)
仰 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 亻 (person) radical gives the meaning, while 卬 supplies the sound; 卬 itself originally depicted one person standing and another kneeling looking up, so it also reinforces the sense. The character means to look up, and by extension to admire or rely on.