Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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, sun(The 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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