人称代词

• 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.

• 禾(rice plant; grain stalk)RADICAL
• 尔(you)PHONETIC

A rice plant being weighed and measured gives it a name, thus meaning "to address" or "to call by name."

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 弋(stake with rope; substitute)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person standing in place of another person is substitution.

• 言(speech; words)RADICAL
• 司(manage; govern)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Words are speech that is managed and arranged in order.