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How to write 影 (yǐng, “picture”)

影 (yǐng), an HSK 1 character, means “picture”, “image” and “film”. It pairs a meaning part, 彡 (“hair”), with a sound part, 景 (“scenery”). Among the HSK words it appears in 电影 (“movie”), 电影院 (“cinema”) and 影响 (“influence”). Japanese reads it ei, “shadow”, as a JLPT N1 kanji.

Pinyin
yǐng
Strokes
15
HSK
1
Radical
彡 (“hair”)

Stroke by stroke

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As a left-right character it splits into 景 (“scenery”), strokes 1–12; 彡 (“hair”, the radical), strokes 13–15, written the left part first.

  1. top leftdownwards
  2. top leftrightwards → downwards
  3. top leftrightwards
  4. top leftrightwards
  5. Dottop lefta dot
  6. leftrightwards
  7. leftdown and right
  8. leftrightwards → down and left
  9. leftrightwards
  10. centerdownwards → up and left
  11. bottom leftdownwards
  12. bottomdown and right
  13. top rightdown and right → down and left
  14. top rightdown and left
  15. rightdown and left

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (15 strokes in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese).

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 15 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 15 strokes

Where 影 comes from

sunlight

Meaning part
彡 (“hair”)
Sound part
景 (“scenery”)

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
yǐng
third tone		picture; image; film; movie; photograph—电影 电影院 影响 影视
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
162 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 影

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 電影diànyǐngmovie; film HSK 1
电影院 電影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater HSK 1
影响 影響yǐngxiǎnginfluence; effect HSK 3
影视 影視yǐngshìmovies and television HSK 5
合影héyǐnggroup photo; to take a group photo HSK 5
影片yǐngpiàna copy of a film; film HSK 5
摄影 攝影shèyǐngto take a photograph; photography HSK 5
影子yǐngzishadow; reflection HSK 6
身影shēnyǐngsilhouette; figure HSK 7-9
阴影 陰影yīnyǐngshadow HSK 7-9

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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