仲人
なこうど · nakoudo · JLPT N1 · noun
mediator
💍 仲人 = middle + person: the person in the middle linking two families
仲 (naka) means middle, as in 仲間 (companion), and 人 is person. A nakoudo stands between two families to arrange a marriage, so the compound describes the middle person.
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.