Chinese Character 映 Meanings and components.

Form

映

Meaning

映 meaning[3] in English

To Reflect (Light).

To Shine.

To Project (An Image Onto A Screen Etc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 映 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and center (央)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with ALBK

How to write 映

To write映ying4to reflect … you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 央yang1center arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 央 = 映

映 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

映
Pinyin:ying4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Reflect (Light) . To Shine . To Project (An Image Onto A Screen Etc)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
央
Pinyin:yang1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Center . End . To Beg . To Plead
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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