yìng
reflect, to project
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 映
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to mirror | ||
to screen | ||
to shine | ||
to screen | ||
premiere (of a movie) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 9.6108% of movies
1982nd most common character in movies
1316th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+6620 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“映，明也，隱也。从日，央聲。” |
Sources
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