影 (yǐng)

shadow / image / film / movie

How 影 is written

Strokes
15
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
影
Simplified
影 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 影

影響 yǐngxiǎng
an influence; an effect; to influence
影響力 yǐngxiǎnglì
influence; impact
攝影 shèyǐng
to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)
電影 diànyǐng
movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3]
倒影 dàoyǐng
inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside-down)
光影 guāngyǐng
light and shadow; sunlight and shade
合影 héyǐng
joint photo; group photo
如影隨形 rúyǐngsuíxíng
as the shadow follows the body (idiom); closely associated with each other; to follow relentlessly
影像 yǐngxiàng
image
影子 yǐngzi
shadow; reflection; CL:個|个[ge4]
影片 yǐngpiàn
film; movie; CL:部[bu4]
影視 yǐngshì
movies and television

影 in a sentence

太陽很大,樹下的影子很清楚。

Tàiyáng hěn dà, shùxià de yǐngzi hěn qīngchǔ.

“The sun is bright, and the shadow under the tree is very clear.”

How common is 影?

影 is the 390th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 70.4% of all running text.

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