仍
réng
still; yet
to remain; (literary) frequently; often
Person (亻) + continuity (乃) = still going, yet persisting
乃 carries the core sense of 'then' or 'thereupon,' and also historically implies continuity — what a person keeps on doing. 亻 mainly provides the sound réng here; 乃 does the semantic work of persistence.
乃A classical word meaning 'thenSemantic
亻A variant of 人Phonetic
外面下雨，他仍在公园里散步。
wài miàn xià yǔ, tā réng zài gōng yuán lǐ sàn bù。
It is raining outside, yet he is still taking a walk in the park.
多年过去了，她仍对那件事感到后悔。
duō nián guò qù le, tā réng duì nà jiàn shì gǎn dào hòu huǐ。
Many years have passed, and she still feels regret about that matter.