移民
いみん · imin · JLPT N1 · noun
immigrant
🧳 移 (move) + 民 (people) = people on the move across a border
One word covers both directions: leaving a country (emigrant) or arriving in one (immigrant). Context tells you which.
移 — grain 禾 + many 多
Originally a semantic-phonetic compound: 禾 (grain) gives the meaning and 多 (duō) suggested the sound in Old Chinese. It first referred to transplanting rice seedlings, then broadened to mean 'to move, shift, or relocate' in general.