Memory phrase for the Kanji: 映

映

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Meaning reflect, shine, project(cinema)

Pronunciation

EI
utsuru/su, haeru

Explanation

Left: sun 日, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)

Mnemonic
 
When the sun reaches the center (= zenith) everything is reflecting.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
央 center
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 Vocabulary

映画 えいが  movie, film
映画館 えいがかん  movie theatre (theater), cinema
映写 えいしゃ  projection
反映 はんえい  reflection, influence
映える はえる  to shine, to look attractive, to look pretty
映す うつす  to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
映る うつる  to be reflected, to harmonize with, to come out (photo)
映像 えいぞう  reflection, image

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