礼

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See also: 禮

礼 U+793C, 礼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-793C
← 礻
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 礽 →

礼 U+FA18, 礼
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA18
← 益
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 神 →

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes
Traditional 禮
Simplified 礼
Japanese 礼
Korean 禮

Han character

礼 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈火山 (IFU), four-corner 32210, composition ⿰礻乚(U+793C) or ⿰示乚(U+FA18))

Derived characters

Descendants

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Based on an ancient form of 禮 recorded in Shuowen as . In regular script, the earliest record can be traced back to the Tang dynasty orthographical dictionary Ganlu Zishu 《干祿字書》.

In modern form: Simplified from 禮 (示 → 礻 and 豊 → 乚).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 礼 – see 禮 (“ritual; rite; ceremony; rules of etiquette; rules of propriety; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and ancient form of 禮).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

礼

Kyūjitai

禮
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Glyph origin

Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 禮.

Kanji

礼

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 禮)

  1. manners; etiquette

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
礼
いや
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
禮 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 礼 – see the following entry.
【いや】
the act of respecting one; reverence
(This term, 礼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
礼
れい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
禮 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 禮 (MC lejX).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

礼(れい) • (rei) 

  1. a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist
    起(き)立(りつ)！礼(れい)！着(ちゃく)席(せき)！
    Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!
    Stand up! Bow! Sit down! (sequence used to greet teachers in school)
  2. an expression of thanks or gratitude
Synonyms
Troponyms
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Derived terms
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

礼 (eum 례 (rye), word-initial (South Korea) 예 (ye))

  1. Alternative form of 禮

References

Vietnamese

Han character

礼: Hán Việt readings: lễ[1][2]
礼: Nôm readings: lạy[1][3][2][4], lẫy[1][3][2][4], lấy[1][3][2], trễ[1][3][2], lẻ[1][2][4], lãi[1][2][4], lễ[1][3], rẻ[1][3], trẻ[1][3], rẽ[3][2], lẩy[2][4], lệ[1], lưỡi[1], lẽ[3], lởi[2], lỡi[2], trẩy[2], lể[4]

  1. Alternative form of 禮

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Trần (2004).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Hồ (1976).
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