禮

See also 礼

Translingual

shinjitai	礼禮
simplified	礼
traditional	禮

Alternative forms

Note that Japanese kyūjitai uses 示 on the left, rather than the simplification 礻.

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 礻 (“altar”) + phonetic 豊 – performing rites at the altar.

In Japanese kyūjitai, Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 豊.

Han character

禮 (radical 113 示+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈火廿田廿 (IFTWT), four-corner 3521₈, composition ⿰礻豊)

1. social custom
2. manners
3. courtesy
4. rites
5. proper social behavior (in Confucianism)
6. propriety
7. politeness

Descendants

• 礼
• れ
• レ

References

• KangXi: page 847, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24844
• Dae Jaweon: page 1268, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2409, character 14
• Unihan data for U+79AE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

禮 (simplified 礼, Yale lai5)

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Japanese

Kanji

禮

Readings

• On: れい (rei), らい (rai)
• Kun: れい (rei), おじぎ (ojigi)

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Korean

Hanja

禮 (hangeul 례>예, revised rye>ye, McCune-Reischauer rye>ye, Yale lyey>yey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

禮 (simplified 礼, pinyin lǐ (li3), Wade-Giles li³)

Compounds

• 禮物
• 禮儀

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Vietnamese

Han character

禮 (lễ, lạy, lẩy, lẫy, lẻ, lể, rẩy, lãi, lấy, lỡi, lởi, rẽ)