Radical 彡

15 strokes

view 景 (574a) + hairs 彡 (573a) = shadow 影

From “shadow” come the additional meanings “image”, “photo”, “movie”.

影响 (390) yǐngxiǎng effect; to affect

电影 (159) diànyǐng movie, film

[影子 (17) yǐngzi shadow]

[合影 (347) héyǐng take a group photo]

[电影院 (159, 306) diànyǐngyuàn cinema, movie theater]

He had taken photos of all the views, but hairs in the camera had made shadows on all his prints. / [DIY pronunciation]

sun 日 (6) + capital 京 (239b) = view 景

They could see the sun glinting on the capital in the distance — they knew that this was the right house for them as soon as they saw this view from the front porch. / [No pronunciation needed]