영화
yeonghwa · TOPIK 1
movie, film
🎬🎥 영화 = 映 (project, reflect) + 畵 (drawing): projected drawings
Hanja 映畵: 映 means to project or reflect light, 畵 means a drawing or painting. A film is literally drawings thrown onto a screen by light. Same word as Japanese 映画 (eiga). 화 (畵) also appears in 만화, comics, and 화가, painter.