映 U+6620, 映 ← 星[U+661F] CJK Unified Ideographs 昡 →[U+6621]
映 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 日中月大 (ALBK), four-corner 64034, composition ⿰日央)
- 𦴤
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 493, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13838
- Dae Jaweon: page 856, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1500, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6620
trad. 映 simp. # 映 alternative forms 暎／映
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 央 (OC *qaŋ).
Denominal derived from 影 (OC *qraŋʔ, “shadow; image”) (Gong, 2019). The 上聲 pronunciations in Cantonese, Gan and Hakka come from 影 (MC ‘jaengX).
映
- to reflect (light); to mirror; to shine
- to project (movie)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sunshine; sunlight
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cover; to hide
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) the hours of the goat (1:00pm to 3:00pm)
- (to reflect light): 反射 (fǎnshè), 照 (zhào)
映
- (historical dictionaries only) only used in 映㬒 (“not bright; not clear”)
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- Go-on: よう (yō)←やう (yau, historical)
- Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
- Kun: うつす (utsusu, 映す, Jōyō)、うつる (utsuru, 映る, Jōyō)、はえる (haeru, 映える, Jōyō)
- Nanori: あきら (akira)、え (e)、てる (teru)、や (ya)
- 映(うつ)る (utsuru): to be reflected; to appear as an image; to match or go well with something (in terms of color coordination)
Kanji in this term 映 えいGrade: 6 kan’on
From Middle Chinese 映 (MC ‘jaengH).
The kan’on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
- IPA(key): [e̞ː]
映(えい) • (ei)
- a reflection; to reflect
- a projection; to project
From Middle Chinese 映 (MC ‘jaengH).
- (to project):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [영]
- (to shine; etc.):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jɘ(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [영(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
映 (eumhun 비칠 영 (bichil yeong))
- hanja form? of 영 (“to project”)
- hanja form? of 영 (“to shine; to light up; to flash”)
- hanja form? of 영 (“to reflect”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
映: Hán Nôm readings: ánh, tử
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