名人
míngrén · HSK 4
personage
⭐ 名 (name) + 人 (person) = a person with a name = celebrity
名 means name or fame; 人 means person. Together: a named person, i.e. someone known by name — a celebrity or luminary. Same logic as English noun 'name' used as 'big name in jazz'.
名 — evening 夕 + mouth 口
A compound ideograph: in the dark of evening (夕), one cannot recognize others by sight, so the mouth (口) calls out a name to identify oneself. The original sense of 'name' broadened to include reputation, fame, and a measure word for people.
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.