Dong Chinese dictionary

yìng

reflect, to project

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì

sun

央 Sound component

yāng

beg

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yìng

project; reflect light; to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc)

yìng

old variant of 映[yìng]

Most common words with 映

Sources