Onyomi: エイ · Kunyomi: -ば.え, うつ.す, うつ.る, は.える · Meanings: projection, reflect, reflection
Kanji for projection, reflect, reflection
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The kanji 映 combines the “sun” radical (日) with the “reflect” component (央), symbolizing sunlight reflected on a surface, like water or a screen. In ancient times, it represented shining or projecting an image. 映 came to mean reflect, project, or shine, and today is used in words related to movies or images.
Sunlight reflecting on a surface — 映 means reflect, project, or shine.
Imagine sunlight reflecting on water or a screen — that’s 映, the kanji for reflection and projecting images.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 映画 | えいが | movie, film, motion picture | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 映画館 | えいがかん | movie theatre, movie theater, cinema | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 映像 | えいぞう | image (on a screen), picture (e.g. on a TV) | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 映写 | えいしゃ | projection | JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 映る | うつる | to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen) | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 映す | うつす | to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow) | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 映える | はえる | to shine, to glow | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 映し出す | うつしだす | to project, to show (on a screen), to reflect (of a mirror, lake, etc.) | common Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 写り | うつり | projection, reflection, image, reception (e.g. TV), picture quality | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 映画監督 | えいがかんとく | movie director, film director | Noun |
| 映画祭 | えいがさい | film festival | Noun |
| 無花果 | いちじく | common fig (Ficus carica), fig, fig tree | Noun |
| 映像信号 | えいぞうしんごう | video signal | Noun |
| 映画俳優 | えいがはいゆう | movie (film, screen) actor or actress | Noun |
| 映画界 | えいがかい | film world, world of cinema | Noun |