入境
rùjìng · HSK 7
enter a country
🛂 入 = enter + 境 = border/territory, so 入境 = cross into a country
境 (jìng) means border or territory; 入 (rù) means to enter. Together they name the act of entering a country's territory — what you do at the 入境 desk after a flight.
入 — single pictograph, two slanting strokes
入 is a pictograph showing an arrowhead or pointed entrance, with two strokes converging downward to suggest something going inward. The original sense was 'to enter,' and it still carries that meaning today. It contrasts visually with 人 (person), where the strokes cross differently at the top.