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礼

lǐ

social custom

Simplified form of 禮. Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound.

Components
礻 meaning component

礻  Meaning component

shì

  

show

礻 is a component form of 示.

乚 simplified component

乚  Simplified component

yǐn, yà

  

turning stroke

Shorthand for the 豊 component in the traditional character 禮.

Evolution

礼 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
礼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
礼 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
礼 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
礼 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

礼 (禮) 

lǐ

social custom; manners; courtesy; rites; gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fèn]; propriety; etiquette

礼 (禮) 

Lǐ

surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Lǐ​jì], Classic of Rites

Most common words with 礼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

礼物

gift

婚礼

wedding

礼

gift

礼拜

week

葬礼

burial

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 64.2640% of movies

462nd most common character in movies

926th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

禮

Unicode

U+793C


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