影像
Chinese edit
picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow |
(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem | ||
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trad. (影像) | 影 | 像 | |
simp. #(影像) | 影 | 像 | |
alternative forms | 影象 |
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影像
- portrait; painting
- impression; image (in one's mind)
- image (produced by machines); silhouette
- (medicine) Short for 影像學/影像学 (yǐngxiàngxué, “radiology”).
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Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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影 | 像 |
えい Grade: S |
ぞう Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
/eizau/ → /eizɔː/ → /eizoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 影像 (ʔjængX zjangX, literally “shadow, reflection + image, resemble”).
Uses the kan'on reading ei for the first character, and the goon reading zō for the second character. The combined reading is likely a later innovation in Japanese after initial borrowing.
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Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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影 | 像 |
よう Grade: S |
ぞう Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
/yauzau/ → /yɔːzɔː/ → /yoːzoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 影像 (ʔjængX zjangX, literally “shadow, reflection + image, resemble”).
The goon reading for both characters, so likely close to the reading as initially borrowed.
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The yōzō reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.
References edit
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN