人事
じんじ · jinji · JLPT N2 · noun
resource
🏢 人 (person) + 事 (affairs) = managing people's affairs at work
人事 literally means 'people matters': the department that handles hiring, staff records, and personnel decisions. Say jinji for the HR office in a company.
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.
事 — hand 又 holding a banner/tablet on a pole
Originally a pictograph of a hand (又) grasping a pole or ceremonial banner used by an official, depicting the act of conducting court business. From this it came to mean 'affair, matter, business, service.' It shares an ancient origin with 史 (scribe) and 吏 (official).