The kanji 映: meaning, readings and stroke order
映
- Meaning
- reflect, project
- On reading
- エイ ei
- Kun reading
- うつ(る) utsuru、うつ(す) utsusu、は(える) haeru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 sun, day
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chiếu, phản chiếu (ánh)
- Japanese
- うつる。うつす。
- Korean
- 비치다, 비추다 (영)
- Chinese
- 映照、放映
Readings, words and example sentences
エイ ei · on reading
映画
movie
家族で 映画を 見に 行きます。
My family goes to see a movie.
うつ(る) utsuru · kun reading
映る
to be reflected
水面に 月が 映ります。
The moon is reflected on the water.
うつ(す) utsusu · kun reading
映す
to project (onto a screen or wall)
かべに 絵を 映します。
I project a picture onto the wall.
は(える) haeru · kun reading · less common
映える
to shine, to look beautiful (in light)
夕日に 映える 山が きれいです。
The mountain glowing in the sunset is beautiful.
Practise writing 映 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 映 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.