影 — Chinese character
影
yǐng
shadow; image, reflection; photograph
- Pinyin
- yǐng
- Radical
- 59 ⼺ (Bristle)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 景 彡
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sunlight; meaning component 彡; sound component 景
- Japanese
- 影 as a kanji
Common words with 影
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
| 摄影 (攝影) | shè yǐng | to take a photograph; photography |
| 影响力 (影響力) | yǐng xiǎng lì | influence; impact |
| 影像 | yǐng xiàng | image |
| 摄影师 (攝影師) | shè yǐng shī | photographer; cinematographer; cameraman |
| 影视 (影視) | yǐng shì | movies and television |
| 影音 | yǐng yīn | (Tw) audio and video; audiovisual |
| 阴影 (陰影) | yīn yǐng | (lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 电影院 (電影院) | diàn yǐng yuàn | cinema; movie theater; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 影子 | yǐng zi | shadow; reflection |
English words written with 影
影 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 9
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Language
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- Zhuangzi The Empire
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.