Memory phrase for the character: 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, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
央 center, middleA big 大 person with a yoke 冂 that is central. Accordingly, this 夬 is understood as an "incomplete center".




 Vocabulary

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

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