映

映 U+6620, 映 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6620 ← 星 [U+661F] CJK Unified Ideographs 昡 → [U+6621]

Translingual

Han character

映 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日中月大 (ALBK), four-corner 6403₄, composition ⿰日央)

Derived characters

• 𦴤

References

• 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

Chinese

trad.		映
simp. #		映
alternative forms		暎／映

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
鴦	*qaːŋ, *qaŋ
佒	*qaːŋ
咉	*qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ
眏	*qaːŋ
姎	*qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ
坱	*qaːŋʔ
映	*qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs
泱	*qaːŋʔ, *qaŋ
盎	*qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs
駚	*qaːŋʔ, *qaŋʔ
軮	*qaːŋʔ
醠	*qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs
央	*qaŋ
秧	*qaŋ, *qaŋʔ
殃	*qaŋ
鞅	*qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs
鉠	*qaŋ, *qraŋ
雵	*qaŋ
胦	*qaŋ, *qroːŋ
柍	*qaŋʔ
詇	*qaŋʔ, *qaŋs, *qraŋs
岟	*qaŋʔ
炴	*qaŋʔ
怏	*qaŋʔ, *qaŋs
紻	*qaŋʔ
英	*qraŋ
瑛	*qraŋ
霙	*qraŋ
韺	*qraŋ
媖	*qraŋ
渶	*qraŋ
鶧	*qraŋ
楧	*qraŋ
暎	*qraŋs

Characters in the same phonetic series (央) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 央 (OC *qaŋ).

Etymology 1

Denominal derived from 影 (OC *qraŋʔ, “shadow; image”) (Gong, 2019). The 上聲 pronunciations in Cantonese, Gan and Hakka come from 影 (MC 'jaengX).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	映
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於敬切
Baxter	'jaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ĭɐŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	映
Reading #	2/2
No.	14519
Phonetic component	央
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	映
Old Chinese	/*qraŋs/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yìng, yāng (ying⁴, yang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ, ㄧㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yin⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing² / joeng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiang²

• Gan (Wiktionary): iang³ / in³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yáng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yang³ / yang⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): ing³
• Northern Min (KCR): iāng
• Eastern Min (BUC): iáng / ióng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): èng / iòng / iàⁿ / iaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ian; ⁵in
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): in⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìng
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴
    • Yale: yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinq
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yang
    • Wade–Giles: yang¹
    • Yale: yāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yin⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: in
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing² / joeng²
    • Yale: yíng / yéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing² / joeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying² / yêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³⁵/, /jœːŋ³⁵/

Note: joeng2 - chiefly used in 掩映.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iang³ / in³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ²¹³/, /in²¹³/

Note:

• iang3 - vernacular;
• in3 - literary.

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yang³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yang³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yang³ / yang⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /iaŋ³¹/, /iaŋ¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ing³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iŋ⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iáng / ióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɑŋ²¹³/, /yɔŋ²¹³/
Note:
• iáng - vernacular;
• ióng - literary.
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: èng
    • Tâi-lô: ìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iòng
    • Tâi-lô: iòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /iã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iã¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iã⁴⁴/
Note:
• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou:
  • èng - literary;
  • iàⁿ - vernacular;
  • Taiwan:
  • iòng - literary;
  • èng, iàⁿ/iaⁿ - vernacular.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ian; ⁵in
    • MiniDict: ian^去; in^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ian; ²in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iã³⁴/, /in³⁴/
Note:
• 2ian - vernacular;
• 2in - literary.
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: in⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jaengH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraŋs/

Definitions

映

1. to reflect (light); to mirror; to shine
2. to project (movie)
3. ^† sunshine; sunlight
4. ^† to cover; to hide
5. ^† the hours of the goat (1:00pm to 3:00pm)

Synonyms

• (to reflect light): 反射 (fǎnshè), 照 (zhào)

Compounds

• 上映 (shàngyìng)
• 交映
• 交相輝映 / 交相辉映
• 倒映 (dàoyìng)
• 反映 (fǎnyìng)
• 孫康映雪 / 孙康映雪
• 展映
• 後先輝映 / 后先辉映
• 掩映
• 掩映生姿
• 播映 (bōyìng)
• 放映 (fàngyìng)
• 放映室
• 放映影幕
• 放映機 / 放映机 (fàngyìngjī)
• 映像 (yìngxiàng)
• 映像管 (yìngxiàngguǎn)
• 映壁
• 映媚
• 映射 (yìngshè)
• 映山紅 / 映山红 (yìngshānhóng)
• 映帶 / 映带
• 映托
• 映摹
• 映月讀書 / 映月读书
• 映望
• 映照 (yìngzhào)
• 映現 / 映现
• 映眼
• 映衰
• 映襯 / 映衬 (yìngchèn)
• 映身
• 映輝 / 映辉
• 映雪
• 映雪囊螢 / 映雪囊萤
• 映雪讀書 / 映雪读书
• 暉映 / 晖映 (huīyìng)
• 照映
• 照螢映雪 / 照萤映雪
• 疊映 / 叠映
• 相映 (xiāngyìng)
• 相映成趣
• 聚螢映雪 / 聚萤映雪
• 蔚映
• 襯映 / 衬映 (chènyìng)
• 輝映 / 辉映 (huīyìng)
• 遮天映日
• 開映 / 开映
• 集螢映雪 / 集萤映雪
• 餘映 / 余映
• 首映 (shǒuyìng)
• 首映典禮 / 首映典礼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (映):

• → Vietnamese: ánh (映)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	映
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏朗切
Baxter	'angX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaŋX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑŋX/
Wang Li	/ɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ong2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	映
Reading #	1/2
No.	14479
Phonetic component	央
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	坱
Old Chinese	/*qaːŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'angX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːŋʔ/

Definitions

映

1. ^‡ Only used in 映㬒 (“not bright; not clear”).

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 映

映

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• 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)

Compounds

• 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)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

映(えい) • (ei) 

1. a reflection; to reflect
2. a projection; to project

Derived terms

• 映(えい)画(が) (eiga): a movie
• 映(えい)写(しゃ) (eisha): a projection; to project something (an image)
• 映(えい)像(ぞう) (eizō): an image (especially one on a screen or in one's mind), a reflection

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 映 (MC 'jaengH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean ᅙᅧᇰ〮 (Yale: qyéng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 영 (yeng) (Yale: yeng) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (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.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

映

Wikisource 映 (eumhun 비칠 영 (bichil yeong))

1. hanja form^? of 영 (“to project”)
2. hanja form^? of 영 (“to shine; to light up; to flash”)
3. hanja form^? of 영 (“to reflect”)

Compounds

• 반영 (反映, banyeong)
• 방영 (放映, bang'yeong)
• 사영 (寫映, sayeong)
• 상영 (上映, sang'yeong)
• 영발 (映發, yeongbal)
• 영사 (映寫, yeongsa)
• 영사 (映射, yeongsa)
• 영상 (映像, yeongsang)
• 영채 (映彩, yeongchae)
• 영화 (映畫, yeonghwa, “film; flick; movie”)
• 은영 (隱映, eunyeong)
• 조영 (照映, joyeong)
• 투영 (透映, tuyeong)
• 회영 (回映, hoeyeong)
• 휘영 (輝映, hwiyeong)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

映: Hán Nôm readings: ánh, tử

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