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Chinese symbol for “reflection”

映像
yìng xiàng
reflection; image (in a mirror)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reflection is 映像 (yìng xiàng), defined as: reflection; image (in a mirror).

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

映 yìng
to project; to reflect; to shine
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
像 xiàng
picture, image, figure; to resemble
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reflection”

WordPinyinMeaning
反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect
反照fǎn zhàoreflection
影yǐngpicture; image
反思fǎn sīto think back over sth; to review
影子yǐng zishadow; reflection

Related words

Other words that share a character with 映像.

WordPinyinMeaning
反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect
上映shàng yìngto screen; to show (a movie)
放映fàng yìngto project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)
首映shǒu yìngto premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie)
播映bō yìngto broadcast a film; to televise
映射yìng shèto shine on; (math., linguistics etc) mapping
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
图像 (圖像)tú xiàngimage; picture; graphic

See also: Japanese symbol for “reflection”.

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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