人缘儿

rényuánr · HSK 7

relations with other people

🤝 人缘儿 = person (人 rén) + edge/fate (缘 yuán) + erhua -r: your fated bond with people = popularity

人 means person and 缘 means fate or affinity (as in a connection that brings people together). The -儿 ending is just the spoken erhua tag of northern speech. Together: how well your fates link up with others, your standing or likeability.

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.

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