影迷
yǐng mí · HSK 6
movie fan
🎬🤩 影迷 = shadow/film + obsessed — someone lost in the flickering shadows
影 (yǐng) means shadow or reflection, and by extension film/movie. 迷 (mí) means fascinated or lost in something. Together: someone utterly absorbed by movies — a film buff.
迷 — 辶 (walk) + 米 (rice/mǐ, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The 辶 component (walking/road) gives the meaning of going astray on a path, while 米 (mǐ) supplies the sound. Originally referring to losing one's way while traveling, it later extended to mean confused, lost, or fascinated/captivated by something.