Memory phrase for the Kanji: 映


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Meaning

reflect, shine, project(cinema)

Pronunciation

EI
utsuru/su, haeru

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

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