ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
映 means reflect, project
日 sun · 央 center
映Memory trick
The sun (日) right in the center (央): to reflect, to project, as in 映画 (movie).
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- reflect, reflection, projection
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) うつる utsuru
うつる (utsuru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: うつす utsusu, はえる haeru
From Chinese (onyomi) エイ ei
エイ (ei) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
映画 えいが · eiga
movie, film
Built from
- 日 sun, day
- 大 large
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 冖 cover
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
大 Used in 100 kanji
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What does 映 mean?
Right: 映 means reflect, project.Not quite: 映 means reflect, project.In 映画, which reading does 映 use?
Right. 映画 is read えいが (eiga): 映 takes エイ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 映画 is read えいが (eiga): 映 takes エイ, its reading from Chinese.