Reflect

On’yomi: えい
Kun’yomi: うつ、は
Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)

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

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

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 movieN5

映るうつる to be reflected,to harmonize with,to come out (photo)N2

映すうつす to project,to reflect,to cast (shadow)N2

映 is rank 375 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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