私立
sīlì · HSK 7
privately run
🏫 私立 = 私 private/personal + 立 establish = privately established (a private school)
私 means private or personal, 立 means to establish or set up. Together: something set up privately rather than by the state. Sound: si-li, with si like the start of system (private) and li the rising stand-up sound.
立 — person standing on ground (大 over 一)
Pictograph of a person standing with arms outstretched on the ground line below. The original oracle bone form clearly shows a frontal human figure planted on the earth. The core meaning 'to stand' extended to 'establish, set up, erect.'