影像

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Chinese

 
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
trad. (影像) 影 像
simp. #(影像) 影 像
alternative forms 影象

Pronunciation

Noun

影像

  1. portrait; painting
  2. impression; image (in one's mind)
  3. image (produced by machines); silhouette
  4. (medicine) Short for 影像學／影像学 (yǐngxiàngxué, “radiology”).

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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(えい)像(ぞう) • (eizō) ←えいざう (eizau)?

  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(よう)像(ぞう) • (yōzō) ←やうざう (yauzau)?

  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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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