影
yǐng
#390 most
frequent character
picture, image, film, movie
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
影 joins 景 jǐng 'daylight' with 彡 lines. 景 is both a meaning part and the sound part, while 彡 draws lines of shadow. That gave the first meaning, 'shadow'. From there it grew to 'appearance, image'.
Drawn as: lines of shadow
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