人品
rén pǐn · HSK 7
character
👤 人品 = 人 person + 品 quality/grade; a person's quality = moral character
人 means person and 品 means quality or grade (the three boxes 口 stack up like items being rated). Stack them and you get the grade of a person: their moral standing or character.
人 — pictograph of a standing person
人 is a pictograph showing a person viewed from the side, with two strokes representing the legs and torso of a standing human. In oracle bone script it clearly depicted a figure leaning slightly forward. The meaning has remained 'person' or 'human' throughout its history.
品 — three 口 (mouth) stacked
品 is an ideogram showing three 口 (mouths or openings) piled together. The repetition of 口 suggests many people, items, or voices, which gave rise to meanings like 'kinds,' 'goods,' 'rank,' and 'to taste/judge.' The triple stacking is a common Chinese device for indicating plurality or variety.