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影像

影像

Chinese

 
picture; image; reflection; shadow
 
(look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
simp. and trad.
(影像) 		影 像

Noun

影像

  1. image, portrait

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
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.

Pronunciation

Noun

影像 ‎(hiragana えいぞう, romaji eizō, historical hiragana えいざう)

  1. a portrait (as of a person)
  2. an image, a picture
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
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.

Pronunciation

Noun

影像 ‎(hiragana ようぞう, romaji yōzō, historical hiragana やうざう)

  1. (obsolete) a portrait (as of a person)
  2. (obsolete) an image, a picture
Usage notes

The yōzō reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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