影
picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
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Dict coverage rank #403 U+5F71
How 影 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
彡 (semantic, “sunlight”) + 景 (phonetic, jǐng)
How to remember it
shadow · Heisig RSH #1305
景 scenery + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 景
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 景 (jǐng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 景 sound component | jǐng | scenery, view; conditions, circumstances |
| 憬 | jǐng | to rouse, to awaken; to become conscious |
Words containing 影
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心影儿 | xīn yǐng ér | (Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc) |
| 小电影 | xiǎo diàn yǐng | (slang) adult movie; pornographic film |
| 电影机 | diàn yǐng jī | movie camera |
| 电影制作 | diàn yǐng zhì zuò | filmmaking; film production |
| 影子 | yǐng zi | shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 人影 | rén yǐng | the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negativ… |
| 影儿 | yǐng r | shadow |
| 电影节 | diàn yǐng jié | film festival; CL:屆|届[jie4] |
| 手影 | shǒu yǐng | hand shadow drama |
| 立体电影院 | lì tǐ diàn yǐng yuàn | stereoscopic cinema; 3D cinema |
| 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie; film; CL:部[bu4] |
| 面影 | miàn yǐng | face (esp. remembered); mental image of sb |
| 电影制片 | diàn yǐng zhì piàn | film production (producing) |
| 合影 | hé yǐng | group photo; to take a group photo |
| 投影中心 | tóu yǐng zhōng xīn | center of projection |
| 眼影 | yǎn yǐng | eye shadow (cosmetics) |
| 影射小说 | yǐng shè xiǎo shuō | roman à clef |
| 光影 | guāng yǐng | light and shadow; sunlight and shade |
| 台北金马影展 | Tái běi Jīn mǎ Yǐng zhǎn | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival |
| 重影 | chóng yǐng | overlapping images; double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera); doub… |