the people; CL:個|个[ge4]
人 (rén) · 2 strokes
Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.
民 (Mín) · 5 strokes
Pictograph of an eye (目) being poked with something sharp. In ancient China, slaves were sometimes punished by blinding them with a sharp object. Based on the original meaning "slave". The meaning lat…