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映

yìng
verb HSK 7-9 #9,571

Meanings

  1. 1 to reflect
  2. 2 to shine
  3. 3 to project

Examples

HSK 3
这部电影下周在电影院放映。
Zhè bù diànyǐng xiàzhōu zài diànyǐngyuàn fàngyìng.
This movie will be shown in theaters next week.
HSK 6
山峰映在平静的湖面上。
Shānfēng yìng zài píngjìng de hú miàn shàng.
The mountain peaks were reflected in the calm lake.
HSK 7-9
调查结果反映了民众的担忧。
Diàochá jiéguǒ fǎnyìng le mínzhòng de dānyōu.
The survey results reflect the public's concerns.

Tips

memory
日 (sun) + 央 (center) - sunlight shining and reflecting

Components

radical
日 rì
sun (radical)
Left sun radical - the indexing radical, an oblong with a dot marking the disc. Anchors 映 firmly in the light/time family with 明 bright, 暖 warm, 映, 晴 clear. Here it supplies the light source: the sun's rays falling on a surface is the originating image behind reflection, glow, and the modern sense 'to screen a film'.
phonetic
央 yāng
centre
Right 央 supplies the sound, drifting from yāng to yìng with a tone shift typical in older phono-semantic pairings. The 'centre' sense plays no part in the meaning; pure sound peg here. Same phonetic powers 殃 disaster, 鸯 mandarin duck mate, 怏 dispirited.

Stroke Order

映 yìng