Chinese Character 影 Meanings and components.

Form

影

Meaning

影 meaning[3] in English

Picture.

Image.

Film.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 影 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jing (景) , and 'bristle' radical in … (彡)

Its radical[1] is: 彡 (shan1) which means: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59), .彡shan1'bristle' radical …

In cangjie it is written with AFHHH

How to write 影

To write影ying3picture you should write a combination of 景jing3surname Jing , 彡shan1'bristle' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

景 + 彡 = 影

影 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 影 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 影, looks as follow:

影
Pinyin:ying3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Picture . Image . Film . Movie . Photograph . Reflection . Shadow . Trace
景
Pinyin:jing3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Jing
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
京
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Beijing . Surname Jing . Jing Ethnic Minority
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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