影
yǐng HSK1

shadow

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 3, 2021, 03:50 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 3, 2021, 03:50 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 景 represents the sound. The 彡 component depicts shadow lines.

Components

彡
彡 Iconic component

Depicts shadow lines.

景
景 Sound component

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jaengXqraŋʔ shadow (n.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart