社長
しゃちょう · shachou · JLPT N4 · noun
company
🏢👔 社長 = company (社) + chief (長): the chief of the company
社 is the sha of 会社 (kaisha, company) and 長 (chou) means head or chief, the same suffix as in 部長 (department head) and 店長 (shop manager). So shachou is literally the company's chief.
社 — 示 (altar/spirit) + 土 (earth)
Originally referred to the god of the soil and the altar where villagers worshipped it. The 示 component signals ritual or spirits, while 土 means earth, together evoking a community shrine. The meaning later broadened to 'community' and 'society'.