影

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 景 + semantic 彡.

Han character

影 (radical 59 彡+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日火竹竹竹 (AFHHH), four-corner 6292₂, composition ⿰景彡)

1. shadow
2. image, reflection
3. photograph

References

• KangXi: page 364, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10019
• Dae Jaweon: page 684, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 857, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5F71

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Cantonese

Hanzi

影 (Yale ying2)

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Hmong

Hanzi

影

1. shadow, picture, image

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Unbound apophonic form of kaga (“id”).

Noun

影 (hiragana かが, romaji kaga)

1. light
2. a shape or form reflected in light
3. a shadow

Derived terms

• 鏡 (kagami)

Etymology 2

kaga + suffix i > kage. Bound apophonic form of kaga (“id”).

Noun

影 (hiragana かげ, romaji kage)

1. light
2. a shape or form reflected in light
3. shadow

Kanji

影 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: えい (ei), よう (yō)
• Kun: かげ (kage)

Derived terms

• 暗影 (あんえい, anei): shadow, gloom
• 人影 (じんえい, jinei): figure/shadow of a person
• 黒影 (こくえい, kokuei): silhouette, dark shadow

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Korean

Hanja

影 (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

影 (pinyin yǐng (ying3), Wade-Giles ying³)

1. shadow
2. image
3. photograph

Compounds

• 电影 : a film; a motion picture; a movie
• 影響 : Influence

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Middle Chinese

Han character

影 (*qiæ̌ng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

影 (ảnh)