影
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Translingual
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Han character
影 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日火竹竹竹 (AFHHH), four-corner 62922, composition ⿰景彡)
Derived characters
- 𡂵, 𤂖, 𥶩
References
- KangXi: page 364, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10019
- Dae Jaweon: page 684, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 857, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5F71
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 影 | |
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2nd round simp. | 𢒈 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 影 |
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Jizhuan Guwen Yunhai (compiled in Song) |
Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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涼 | *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs |
凉 | *ɡ·raŋ |
椋 | *ɡ·raŋ |
綡 | *ɡ·raŋ |
輬 | *ɡ·raŋ |
諒 | *ɡ·raŋs |
掠 | *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ |
弶 | *ɡaŋs |
京 | *kraŋ |
麖 | *kraŋ |
鶁 | *kraŋ |
景 | *kraŋʔ |
鯨 | *ɡraŋ |
黥 | *ɡraŋ |
勍 | *ɡraŋ |
剠 | *ɡraŋ |
倞 | *ɡraŋs |
影 | *qraŋʔ |
璟 | *qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ |
憬 | *kʷraŋʔ |
暻 | *kʷraŋʔ |
澋 | *ɡʷraːŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qraŋʔ) : phonetic 景 (OC *kraŋʔ) + semantic 彡.
Etymology
Unclear. Various etymologies have been proposed:
- Cognate with 景 (OC *kraŋʔ, “image”), 鏡 (OC *kraŋs, “mirror”) (Wang, 1982; Baxter and Sagart, 2014), which STEDT compares to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”);
- Cognate with 英 (OC *qraŋ, “brilliant; flower”) or rather its Austroasiatic comparanda, including Proto-Bahnaric *ʔaːŋ (“bright (light)”) (Schuessler, 2007);
- Related to 苑 (OC *qonʔ, *qons, “garden”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
影
- shadow
- image
- trace (of human presence); presence (of people or things); occurrence (of events)
- picture; photograph
- (Cantonese) to take (a picture)
- (~母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 影 (MC ʔˠiæŋX)
Synonyms
- (shadow):
Dialectal synonyms of 影子 (“shadow”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 影 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 影子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 影子, 影兒 |
Taiwan | 影子 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 影兒 | |
Jinan | 影子, 影兒 | |
Wanrong | 影兒 | |
Xi'an | 影子, 影影兒 | |
Wuhan | 影子 | |
Chengdu | 影子 | |
Yangzhou | 影子 | |
Hefei | 影子 | |
Singapore | 影子 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 影子, 影影子, 影影兒 | |
Dagudi (Maliba) | 影子 | |
Reshuitang (Longling) | 影子, 影影 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 影子 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 影子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 影 |
Hong Kong | 影 | |
Yangjiang | 影 | |
Beihai | 影子 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 影子 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 影子 | |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 影子 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 影 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 影 | |
Móng Cái | 影 | |
Bangkok (Guangfu) | 影 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 影子 |
Lichuan | 影仔 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 影仔, 影 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 影仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 影仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 影, 影仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 影 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 影 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 影 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 影 | |
Bangkok (Jiexi) | 影 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 影子, 影戶兒 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 影 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 影 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 影 |
Quanzhou | 影 | |
Zhangzhou | 影 | |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 影 | |
Kaohsiung | 影 | |
Yilan | 影 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 影 | |
Taichung | 影 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 影 | |
Tainan | 影 | |
Taitung | 影 | |
Hsinchu | 影 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 影 | |
Chaozhou | 影 | |
Shantou | 影 | |
Jieyang | 影 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 影 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 影 | |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 影 | |
Leizhou | 影 | |
Haikou | 影 | |
Puxian Min | Xianyou | 影 |
Wu | Suzhou | 影子 |
Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 影子 | |
Wenzhou | 影 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 影子 |
Xiangxiang | 影子 | |
Shuangfeng | 影子 |
- (picture):
Dialectal synonyms of 照片 (“photograph”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 照片, 相片 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 相片兒 |
Taiwan | 相片 | |
Jinan | 相片, 照片, 相片兒, 照片兒 | |
Luoyang | 相片兒 | |
Wanrong | 相片兒 | |
Xi'an | 相片兒 | |
Ürümqi | 相片子 | |
Wuhan | 相片子, 相片, 相 | |
Chengdu | 相片 | |
Guilin | 相片 | |
Yangzhou | 照片, 小照 | |
Hefei | 相片 | |
Singapore | 照片 | |
Dagudi (Maliba) | 相片 | |
Reshuitang (Longling) | 相片 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 相片 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 相片 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 相片, 相 |
Hong Kong | 相 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 相 | |
Taishan | 相 | |
Taishan (Guanghai) | 相片, 相 | |
Yangjiang | 相 | |
Rongxian | 相片 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 相片 | |
Hepu (Shatian) | 相片 | |
Beihai | 相片 | |
Beihai (Nankang) | 相片 | |
Beihai (Yingpan) | 相片 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 相片 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 相片 | |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 相片 | |
Ipoh (Guangfu) | 相 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 相片, 相 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 相片 | |
Móng Cái | 相片 | |
Mandalay (Taishan) | 相片 | |
Bangkok (Guangfu) | 相片 | |
Betong (Rongxian) | 相片 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 相片, 相片子 |
Hakka | Meixian | 相片 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 相片, 寫真 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 相片, 寫真 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 相片, 寫真 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 相片, 寫真 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 相片, 寫真 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 相片, 寫真, 寫真相 | |
Hong Kong | 相片 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 相片子, 照相片 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 相, 相片 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 相, 相片 |
Matsu | 相片 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 像片, 相, 小影 |
Quanzhou | 像片 | |
Zhangzhou | 影 | |
Taipei | 相片, 寫真 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 小影 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 像 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 像 | |
Chaozhou | 相 | |
Shantou | 相片, 相 | |
Jieyang | 小影, 相 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 相片 | |
Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 相 | |
Hat Yai (Teochew) | 小影, 相片 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 像 | |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 相 | |
Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 相片 |
Wu | Shanghai | 照相, 照片, 寫真 |
Suzhou | 照, 照片 | |
Wenzhou | 照相 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 相片子, 相片, 相 |
Shuangfeng | 相片子, 相片 |
- (to take (a picture)):
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Compounds
Derived terms from 影
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Descendants
- → Zhuang: ingj (“to take (a picture)”)
References
- “影”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學/香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
影
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: よう (yō)
- Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
- Kun: かげ (kage, 影, Jōyō)
Etymology 1
Unbound apophonic form of 影 (kaga).
Noun
影 • (kaga)
- light
- a shape or form reflected in light
- a shadow
Derived terms
- 鏡 (kagami)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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影 |
かげ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
影 (kaga) + い (-i) > kage. Bound apophonic form of 影 (kaga).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かげ [káꜜgè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ka̠ɡe̞]
Noun
影 • (kage)
- shadow
- 馬の影
- uma no kage
- a shadow of a horse
- 馬の影
- a shape or form reflected in light
- presence
- この町は影が薄い。
- Kono machi wa kage ga usui.
- This town's presence is little.
- この町は影が薄い。
- negative aspect
- 高度経済成長の影
- kōdo keizai seichō no kage
- the negative aspect of the high economic growth
- 高度経済成長の影
Antonyms
- (negative aspect): 光 (hikari, “positive aspect”)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 影法師 (kagebōshi): silhouette, shadow
- 月影 (tsukikage)
- 空影 (sorakage)
- 山影 (yamakage)
- 闇影 (yamikage)
- 日影 (hikage)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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影 |
えい Grade: S |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 影 (MC ʔˠiæŋX).
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA(key): [e̞ː]
Affix
影 • (ei)
- shadow
- light
- a shape or form reflected in light
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 暗影 (an'ei): shadow, gloom
- 黒影 (kokuei): silhouette, dark shadow
- 人影 (jin'ei): figure or shadow of a person
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term |
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影 |
よう Grade: S |
goon |
From Middle Chinese 影 (MC ʔˠiæŋX).
The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- IPA(key): [jo̞ː]
Affix
影 • (yō)
- (rare) Alternative form of 影 (ei)
See also
- 陰 (kage)
- 日陰 (hikage)
- 陰影 (in'ei)
- おかげ (okage)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
影 (eumhun 그림자 영 (geurimja yeong))
- Hanja form? of 영 (“shadow”).
Vietnamese
Han character
影: Hán Nôm readings: ảnh
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