Chinese symbol for “photogenic”
上镜
shàng jìng
Traditional: 上鏡
photogenic; to appear on film or in the media
The closest CC-CEDICT match for photogenic is 上镜 (shàng jìng), defined as: photogenic; to appear on film or in the media.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “photogenic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 上镜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | to add; plus; in addition; moreover |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned |
| 实际上 (實際上) | shí jì shàng | in fact; in reality |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
| 眼镜 (眼鏡) | yǎn jìng | spectacles; eyeglasses |
See also: Japanese symbol for “photogenic”.
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.