工人
gōngrén · HSK 1
worker
👷 工 = work/tool + 人 = person → worker
工 originally depicted a carpenter's square or tool; 人 is a person. Together they literally read 'work-person' — someone who does manual labor for hire.
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.