映

(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,491 U+6620

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 (semantic, “sun”) + 央 (phonetic, yāng)

components: 日央

reflect · Heisig RSH #2722

sun + 央 center

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 央

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 央 (yāng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
央 sound component	yāng	central; to beg; to run out
英	yīng	petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
秧	yāng	shoots, sprouts; young rice plants
盎	àng	pot, cup, bowl; abundant
殃	yāng	misfortune, disaster, calamity
鞅	yāng	the strap over a horse's neck
鸯	yāng	female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
泱	yāng	great, expansive; agitated
怏	yàng	discontented, dispirited, sad

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一一映射	yī yī yìng shè	(math.) bijective map
映入脑海	yìng rù nǎo hǎi	to come to mind; to come to one's attention
映山红	yìng shān hóng	Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)
对映体	duì yìng tǐ	enantiomer (chemistry)
映射过程	yìng shè guò chéng	mapping process
放映机	fàng yìng jī	projector
对映异构体	duì yìng yì gòu tǐ	enantiomeric isomer (chemistry)
反映论	fǎn yìng lùn	theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical r…
映象文件	yìng xiàng wén jiàn	(computing) disk image (aka image file); ISO image
复映片	fù yìng piàn	second-run movie
首映式	shǒu yìng shì	premiere of a movie
上映	shàng yìng	to screen; to show (a movie)
公映	gōng yìng	public screening (of a movie)
放映室	fàng yìng shì	cinema room; viewing room
对映异构	duì yìng yì gòu	enantiomeric isomerism (chemistry)
开映	kāi yìng	to start showing a movie
重映	chóng yìng	to reshow (a movie)
点映	diǎn yìng	(film) preview screening
相映成趣	xiāng yìng chéng qù	to set each other off nicely
反映	fǎn yìng	to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to rende…