人民
じんみん · jinmin · JLPT N1 · noun
people; public
人 (person) + 民 (folk, subjects) = the people as one public body
人 means one person and 民 means a folk or subject group. Stacked, they name the collective people, the public. It is the word for 'the people' of a nation, as in 人民币, the people's currency.
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.