军人
jūnrén · HSK 5
serviceman
🪖 军 (army) + 人 (person) = army person = soldier
军 means army or military; 人 means person. Together 军人 literally reads as army-person, the standard term for a member of the armed forces.
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.