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
alt. 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”).

Derived terms

  • 全動態影像／全动态影像
  • 動畫影像／动画影像
  • 多媒體影像設計／多媒体影像设计
  • 影像合成
  • 影像圖書館／影像图书馆
  • 影像學／影像学 (yǐngxiàngxué)
  • 影像對講機／影像对讲机
  • 影像捕捉卡
  • 影像捕捉器
  • 影像處理／影像处理
  • 影像處理系統／影像处理系统
  • 影像解壓縮卡／影像解压缩卡
  • 影像資料庫／影像资料库
  • 數位影像／数位影像
  • 立體影像／立体影像
  • 網路影像電話／网路影像电话
  • 遙測影像／遥测影像
  • 電視影像／电视影像

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, rōmaji 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, rōmaji 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
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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