Memory phrase for the Kanji: 影


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Meaning

shadow, reflection, movie, photograph

Pronunciation

yǐng

Explanation

Left: panorama, view (The sun above the capital [= stone lantern] is a panorma.), right: hair

Mnemonic

(When long hair are in front of the eyes:) The panorama appears through the hair like: in a shadow.

Radicals

scenery
hair or bristle
capital
sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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Vocabulary

 电影  diàn yǐng  movie; film
 影响  yǐng xiǎng  an influence; an effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb
 显影  xiǎn yǐng  to expose (a photographic plate)
 摄影  shè yǐng  to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)
 射影  shè yǐng  projection (geometry); projective
 影子  yǐng zi  shadow; reflection
 影子  yǐng zi  

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