迷人
mírén · HSK 5
charm
✨ 迷人 = 迷 (bewilder/lost) + 人 (person) — a person who bewilders you
迷 carries the sense of being lost or spellbound (same 迷 as 迷路 'lose the way'), and 人 is person. So 迷人 literally reads as 'bewildering-person' — someone charming enough to leave you disoriented.
迷 — 辶 (walk) + 米 (rice/mǐ, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The 辶 component (walking/road) gives the meaning of going astray on a path, while 米 (mǐ) supplies the sound. Originally referring to losing one's way while traveling, it later extended to mean confused, lost, or fascinated/captivated by something.
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.