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Chinese
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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)
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影
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像
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| simp. #(影像)
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影
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像
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| alternative forms
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影象
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Pronunciation
Noun
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”).
Synonyms
- (impression): 意象 (yìxiàng), 印象 (yìnxiàng)
- (image): 圖像／图像 (túxiàng)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
/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 • (eizō) ←えいざう (eizau)?
- a portrait (as of a person)
- an image, a picture
Synonyms
Etymology 2
/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 • (yōzō) ←やうざう (yauzau)?
- (obsolete) a portrait (as of a person)
- (obsolete) an image, a picture
Usage notes
The yōzō reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.
References