Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 映

映

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Meaning

 reflect, shine

Pronunciation

 yìng

Explanation

 Left: sun 日, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered).

Mnemonic

When the sun reaches the zenith [= center] everything is reflecting.

Radicals

日 sun, day
央 center, middle(A big 大 person with a yoke 冂 that is central. Also used for 夬 as an incomplete center))
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Vocabulary

反映 fǎn yìng to mirror; to reflect; fig. to report; to make known

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