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禮

禮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 形よく整えられた行儀作法。儒教の徳目のひとつ。
  2. 形よく整えられた儀式。
  3. 社会習慣、慣習。
  4. 相手を尊重する取り扱いや挨拶。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「示」+音符「豊」。「儀式」「作法」を意味する漢語｛禮｝を表す字。もと「豊」が｛禮｝を表す字であったが、示偏を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

social custom, manners, courtesy, rites

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイ
  • ライ
Nanori (used in names)
  • ひろ
  • れ
Other languages
  • 拼音li3
  • 한글rye
  • Hán-ViệtLễ

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
示(しめす)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+79AE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰示豊

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-13
Four Corner
3521.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4e1.1
Nelson
3259