恩人
ēn rén · HSK 6
a person who has significantly helped sb else
🙏 恩人 = grace/favor (恩) + person (人) — a person who showed you grace
恩 means kindness or favor bestowed, and 人 means person. Together: someone whose kindness made a real difference. Stronger than English 'helper' — implies a debt of gratitude worth repaying.
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.