禮

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

礼

🇨🇳

ceremony

HSK 10

Society →Religion

lǐ

レイ、ライ

례

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound. Originally written as 豊.

Components

Traditional (禮)

礻 spirit+ 豊 plentiful =

禮 ceremony

礻 Meaning component

shì spirit

cult

礻 is a component form of 示.

豊 Meaning component

lǐ plentiful

abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty

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Simplified (礼)

礻 spirit+ 乚 turning stroke =

礼 social custom

礻 Meaning component

shì spirit

cult

礻 is a component form of 示.

乚 Simplified component

yǐn turning stroke

hidden, mysterious, secret

Shorthand for the 豊 component in the traditional character 禮.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

禮

Regular

Modern

Chinese

礼 / 禮 [Lǐ]

surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Lǐjì], Classic of Rites

礼 / 禮 [lǐ]

gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fèn]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy

Japanese

礼れい同音

noun

thanks; gratitude
manners; etiquette
bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing
reward; gift
ceremony; ritual
abbrev. key money

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

彼女の親切な助言に対して彼は礼を述べた。

He thanked her for her kind help.

Japanese Names

禮ひろ

Hiro female given name

禮ゆたか

Yutaka given name

禮らい

Rai unclassified name