人民币
rénmínbì · HSK 3
RMB
💴 人民币 = people + people + currency (people's currency)
人 (rén, person) + 民 (mín, the people/citizens) + 币 (bì, currency). Literally 'people's currency' — the official name of the PRC yuan, abbreviated RMB.
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.