身分
みぶん · mibun · JLPT N2 · noun
position
🪪 身 = self + 分 = share/portion: the portion of society that belongs to you = status
身 means self or body, and 分 means share or portion. Your 身分 is the share of society that belongs to your self, which is why 身分証 means an ID card.
身 — pictograph of a pregnant body
身 is a pictograph originally depicting a person with a swollen belly, representing a pregnant woman in profile. Over time the meaning broadened from 'pregnancy' or 'torso' to refer to the body in general, and by extension oneself or one's person.
分 — knife 刀 + eight 八 (split apart)
分 originally depicted a knife (刀) cutting something into two parts, shown by 八 above (which itself meant 'divide'). The core sense is 'to divide' or 'split', from which extended meanings like 'portion', 'minute', and 'part' developed. Pronounced fèn, it carries the sense of an allotted share.