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Chinese symbol for “movie”

电影
diàn yǐng
Traditional: 電影
movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for movie is 电影 (diàn yǐng), defined as: movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
影 yǐng
shadow; image, reflection; photograph
radical 59 ⼺ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “movie”

WordPinyinMeaning
影yǐngpicture; image
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
片子piān zifilm; movie

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电影.

WordPinyinMeaning
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
影响 (影響)yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
摄影 (攝影)shè yǐngto take a photograph; photography

See also: Japanese symbol for “movie”.

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.

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