This 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
1942
影响
yǐng xiǎng
an influence; an effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb
2707
显影
xiǎn yǐng
to expose (a photographic plate)
2708
摄影
shè yǐng
to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)
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