Chinese symbol for “mapping”
映射
yìng shè
to shine on; (math., linguistics etc) mapping
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mapping is 映射 (yìng shè), defined as: to shine on; (math., linguistics etc) mapping.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 映射.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反映 | fǎn yìng | to mirror; to reflect |
| 上映 | shàng yìng | to screen; to show (a movie) |
| 放映 | fàng yìng | to project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc) |
| 首映 | shǒu yìng | to premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie) |
| 播映 | bō yìng | to broadcast a film; to televise |
| 发射 (發射) | fā shè | to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket) |
| 辐射 (輻射) | fú shè | to radiate; radiation |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jī | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mapping”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.