Memory phrase for the character: 影

影

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Meaning

shadow, reflection, movie, photograph

Pronunciation

yǐng

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

景 scenery
彡 hair or bristle
京 capital
日 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.




 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
 

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