# 映 — Reflect

Frequency rank 375 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 古 (Old), less common than 類 (Type).

- On’yomi: えい
- Kun’yomi: うつ、は
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The sun (sun) shines on the left and center (center) sits on the right — the sun hits the center of the mirror and reflects outward, light bouncing off to illuminate everything.

In words:

- 映画 えいが — movie
- 映る うつる — to be reflected,to harmonize with,to come out (photo)
- 映す うつす — to project,to reflect,to cast (shadow)

[Study 映](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E6%98%A0)

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