The Chinese word **人事 (rénshì)** is a compound formed by combining the character **人 (rén)**, meaning "person" or "human," with the character **事 (shì)**, meaning "matter," "affair," or "business." It is a typical example of a semantic compound, where the two independent morphemes (meaningful units) are joined to create a new, more specific concept—in this case, "human affairs." The word’s meaning extends from this literal sense of "matters related to people" to encompass specific modern usages such as personnel matters, human resources (HR), and even the ways of the world or social intercourse, depending on context.