人気
にんき · ninki · JLPT N3 · noun
popularity
👥⭐ 人気 = person + spirit: the energy people give you
人 (nin) means person and 気 (ki) means spirit or energy, as in 元気. Popularity is the warm energy people direct toward someone. The same 気 shows up in 天気 (weather) and 病気 (illness).
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.
ひとけ · hitoke · JLPT N1 · noun
life
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.