reflect, reflection, projection
映 centers on light bouncing off a surface to show an image: reflecting, mirroring, or projecting something visible.
映 combines 日 (sun) with 央 (center), suggesting light at the center that reflects or projects outward.
The sun 日 shines on the center 央, and its light reflects back, creating a projection or mirror image.
For エイ, imagine an 'A' grade reflection in a mirror: 'A' -> エイ, and the sun's light makes the image perfectly clear.
movie; film; motion picture
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV)
screening (a movie); showing
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
reflection (of light)
televising; broadcasting; airing
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
Tōei
to shine; to glow
to project; to show (on a screen); to reflect (of a mirror, lake, etc.)
projection (on a screen)
projector (film, slide, etc.)
Cannes Film Festival
Daiei (Japanese movie studio)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
film drama
sunset glow
3D image
3D movie
B-movie; B-picture; B-film