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Chinese
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gift; propriety; rite
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justice; righteousness; meaning
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trad. (禮義)
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禮
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義
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simp. (礼义)
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礼
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义
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Etymology
Attested in Pre-Qin texts.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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禮
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義
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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lǐ
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yì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ lejX ›
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‹ ngjeH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁijʔ/
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/*ŋ(r)aj-s/
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English
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propriety, ceremony
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duty; justice
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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禮
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義
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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7839
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13045
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Phonetic component
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豊
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我
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Rime group
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脂
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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禮
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議
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Old Chinese
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/*riːʔ/
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/*ŋrals/
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Noun
禮義
- propriety and righteousness
- ceremony; etiquette; rituals; rites; protocol; decorum
Synonyms
- 儀式 / 仪式 (yíshì)
- 典禮 / 典礼 (diǎnlǐ)
- 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 禮儀 / 礼仪 (lǐyí)