幻影

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Chinese

fantasy
picture; image; reflection
picture; image; reflection; shadow
 
simp. and trad.
(幻影) 		幻 影

Pronunciation

Noun

幻影

  1. phantom; vision; illusion

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幻 影
げん
Grade: S 		えい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幻影 (gwæn ʔjængX, literally “illusion, mirage + shadow”). Compare Mandarin 幻影 (huànyǐng).

Pronunciation

Noun

幻(げん)影(えい) • (gen'ei) 

  1. an illusion, a vision
    • 2000 January 27, “幻想師(イリュージョニスト)・ノー・フェイス [Illusionist No Face]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
      幻(げん)影(えい)を見(み)せ、ひらりと攻(こう)撃(げき)をかわす。
      Gen'ei o mise, hirari to kōgeki o kawasu.
      It nimbly evades attacks with its illusions.
  2. the image of something, such as in a memory or imagination
  3. (medicine) a phantom, a phantasm: a perception of something that is not there

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
幻影

Noun

幻影 • (yeonghyang) (hangeul 환영)

  1. hanja form? of 환영 (“illusion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
幻影

Noun

幻影

  1. chữ Hán form of ảo ảnh (“mirage”).
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