TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
影
影 ＝ 景 ＋ 彡
ㄧㄥˇ · yǐng
noun — shadow; image
字源 FORM — what the parts do
I≠jǐng → yǐng — the initial softens to y
彡義streaks — the brushed shade
Sunlight (景) throws streaks (彡) — the shadow. 景 jǐng once wrote both the light and the dark it casts; 彡 was added to give the dark side its own character. 景 still carries the sound, the initial softened to y. From cast shade to every cast image: 影子、電影、攝影.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
太陽斜了，牆上的影子拉長，一道一道（彡）排過去。
The sun drops low; the shadows on the wall stretch out, streak after streak (彡).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)影子— shadow常用
→攝影、電影— images caught and moving — photograph, film常用
→影響— influence — the shadow one thing casts on another常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
演 · Evolution
景原本兼寫光和影；加了彡，影分了出來。
景 wrote light and shadow both; 彡 split the shadow off into 影.