影片
yǐngpiàn · HSK 2
flick
🎬🎞️ 影片 = shadow + slice; a sliced shadow is a film frame
影 means shadow or image, 片 means slice or flat piece. Together they name a strip of sliced shadows — the celluloid frames that make a movie. 片 also appears in 照片 (photo) and 卡片 (card).
片 — right half of 木 (tree split vertically)
Pictograph showing the right half of a tree 木 split down the middle, depicting a thin slice or slab of wood. From this came the meanings 'slice,' 'flat thin piece,' and by extension 'sheet' or 'card.' Its mirror image 爿 represents the left half.