团体
tuántǐ · HSK 3
collective
👥 团 = group/round + 体 = body → a body of people = group
团 (round, group) plus 体 (body) literally reads as group-body, i.e. a collective or organization. Compare 团队 (team) and 集体 (collective), which share the same group-body logic.
团 — enclosure 囗 + 才 (phonetic/abbreviated 專)
Originally written 團, showing an enclosure 囗 around 專 (a spindle) suggesting something wound into a round shape. The character came to mean 'round,' 'lump,' or 'group.' The simplified form 团 keeps the enclosure 囗 but replaces the inner element with 才 for ease of writing.