民办
mín bàn · HSK 7
privately operated
🏫 民办 = 民 (people/folk) + 办 (to manage/run) = run by the people, privately operated
民 is the people or folk; 办 means to handle, manage, or run. Together they label a school or business that the local people run themselves rather than the state — privately operated.
办 — 力 (strength) flanked by two 丶 dots
办 is the simplified form of 辦, which combined 力 (strength/effort) with 辡 (two 辛 'criminals/disputes') to mean 'to manage or handle a dispute'. The simplified shape keeps 力 in the center and reduces the surrounding element to two small dots, preserving the sense of 'doing' or 'handling' something.