仇人
choú rén · HSK 7
foe
⚔️😠 chóu rén = grudge + person — the one you hold a vendetta against
仇 (chóu) means hatred or vendetta, 人 (rén) means person. Together: the specific person your grudge is aimed at — not a random opponent, but a personal enemy with history.
仇 — person radical 亻 + 九 jiǔ
A semantic-phonetic compound: 亻 (person) gives the meaning—something between people—while 九 supplies the sound. Originally it meant a partner or match, then shifted to mean enemy or hatred (read chóu). Read qiú, it survives as a surname preserving the older 'mate/companion' sense.
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.