Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N4

404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: reflect, reflection, projection

Kunyomi: うつ.る うつ.す は.える -ば.え

Onyomi: エイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

画(えいが)   movie

画館(えいがかん)   movie theater

する(はんえいする)   reflect

する(じょうえいする)   show a movie

る(うつる)   be reflected [v.i.]

す(うつす)   project [v.t.]

える(はえる)   shine, look pretty

え(ゆうばえ)   sunset glow

Onyomi Examples

画館 エイガカン movie theatre, movie theater, cinema

エイガ movie, film, motion picture

ダイエイ Daiei Motion Picture Company

カイエイ beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre), starting a screening

Kunyomi Examples

うつる to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen)

うつす to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)

える はえる to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)