影
Tap the pinyin to hear it
picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
shadow · Heisig RSH #1305
景 scenery + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 影
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电影 | movie; film; CL:部[bu4] | |
| 电影院 | cinema; movie theater; CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] | |
| 心影儿 | (Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc) | |
| 小电影 | (slang) adult movie; pornographic film | |
| 电影机 | movie camera | |
| 电影制作 | filmmaking; film production | |
| 影子 | shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 人影 | the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negativ… | |
| 影儿 | shadow | |
| 电影节 | film festival; CL:屆|届[jie4] | |
| 手影 | hand shadow drama | |
| 立体电影院 | stereoscopic cinema; 3D cinema | |
| 面影 | face (esp. remembered); mental image of sb | |
| 电影制片 | film production (producing) | |
| 合影 | group photo; to take a group photo | |
| 投影中心 | center of projection | |
| 眼影 | eye shadow (cosmetics) | |
| 影射小说 | roman à clef | |
| 光影 | light and shadow; sunlight and shade | |
| 台北金马影展 | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 景 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 景 sound part | scenery, view; conditions, circumstances | |
| 憬 | to rouse, to awaken; to become conscious |