個人
こじん · kojin · JLPT N3 · noun
person
🧍 個人 = single unit + person: one person counted on their own
個 is the counter for single items, as in 一個 (one piece); 人 is person. Count people one at a time and each is an individual. Same pair in Chinese 个人 (gèrén), e.g. 個人情報 = personal information.
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.