映

音読おんよみ: エイ

訓読くんよみ: うつ
うつ・はえる

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: ひへん(日)

Meaning

Reflect / Project / Shine / Appear

Conjugation
Tap for 映す (reflect) Tap for 映える (look good)
  • うつる — to be reflected; to be displayed
  • うつす — to project; to reflect
  • える — to shine; to look good
  • 映画えいが — movie
  • 映像えいぞう — image; video
  • 上映じょうえい — film screening
  • 照映しょうえい — illumination and reflection

映 combines 日 (light) with 央 (center), suggesting a subject lit or mirrored at the center. It’s common across media and light-related words, and can also mean “to look striking” (映える).

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