华人
huárén · HSK 3
Chinese
🇨🇳 华 (China/splendid) + 人 (person) = Chinese person
华 originally meant flowery/splendid and became shorthand for 中华 (China); 人 means person. Together 华人 refers to ethnic Chinese people, especially those living outside mainland China.
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.