人影
ひとかげ · hitokage · JLPT N1 · noun
shadow
👤 人 (person) + 影 (shadow) = a person's shadow, which can stand for their soul
Read it as ひと + かげ: hito (person) and kage (shadow). Shadows were once thought to hold a person's spirit, so the word also means soul.
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.