The Chinese word **蠢人** (chǔnrén, meaning "foolish person") is a compound noun formed through straightforward semantic combination: the first character **蠢** means "stupid," "foolish," or "clumsy," originally derived from the image of insects (虫) stirring in spring (春), conveying a sense of chaotic, mindless movement that metaphorically evolved to denote foolish behavior; this descriptive modifier is directly attached to the second character **人**, meaning "person," creating an endocentric compound where the head **人** is modified by **蠢** to specify a type of person—essentially, "a person characterized by foolishness."