礼

See also 禮

Translingual

Stroke order

shinjitai	礼禮
simplified	礼
traditional	禮

Etymology

Simplified from 禮 (豊 → 乚).

In Japanese kyūjitai 禮, the unsimplified form of the radical is used, hence overall simplification is Simplified from 禮 (示 → 礻 and 豊 → 乚).

Compare more radical simplifications in Japanese kana れ and レ.

In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 礻 (“altar”) + phonetic 乚 – performing rites at an altar.

Han character

礼 (radical 113 示+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈火山 (IFU))

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

Related characters

• れ
• レ

References

• KangXi: page 839, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24626
• Dae Jaweon: page 1256, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2385, character 2
• Unihan data for U+793C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

礼 (traditional 禮, Yale lai5)

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Japanese

See also 礼をする

Etymology

wiya > iya.

Noun

礼 (hiragana いや, romaji iya, historical hiragana ゐや)

1. the act of respecting one; reverence

Noun

礼 (hiragana れい, romaji rei)

1. a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist
2. an expression of thanks or gratitude

Synonyms

• (bow): お辞儀

Troponyms

• 会釈: a slight bow
• 目礼: a nod to a person
• 黙礼: a silent bow
• 最敬礼: a respectful bow, a low bow
• 叩頭: a deep bow, a kowtow, a bow where one touches one's head to the floor or ground

Kanji

礼 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: れい (rei), らい (rai)
• Kun: のり (nori), Ü (Ü)

Compounds

礼記 (れいき, reiki) 礼拝 (れいはい, reihai)

礼儀 (れいぎ, reigi) 礼装 (れいそう, reisō)

礼服 (れいふく, reifuku)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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