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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ying4
- English meanings
- to reflect (light), to shine, to project (an image onto a screen etc., old variant of 映[ying4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 日; right 央.
Meaning & sound clues
日 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “sun”.
央 is identified as the sound component (yāng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 映.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
baby; infant
should
shadow; image; film
full; surplus
hard
hero; Britain
fluorescent; glimmer
lustrous; sparkling
camp; operate
entangle; haunt
fly
win
face
clever; point
hawk
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Related words
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- 上映
- 反映
- 放映