輸入
ゆにゅう · yunyuu · JLPT N4 · noun
import
🚢📦 輸入 = transport (輸) + enter (入): goods carried in
輸 means to transport or send, and 入 means to enter. Goods transported into a country are imports. Its opposite swaps one kanji: 輸出 (yushutsu), transport + exit, means export.
入 — single pictograph, two slanting strokes
入 is a pictograph showing an arrowhead or pointed entrance, with two strokes converging downward to suggest something going inward. The original sense was 'to enter,' and it still carries that meaning today. It contrasts visually with 人 (person), where the strokes cross differently at the top.