(lǐ) - rite, courtesy in Mandarin
lǐTraditional: 礼
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Translation
rite, courtesy
Word origin
A phono-semantic character pairing the ritual or altar radical 礻(shì) with 乙 as the phonetic element, denoting rite, ceremony, and courtesy.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 礻 (altar radical) + 乙 (phonetic)
Stroke order
礼
Examples
。
This is a gift for you.
貌。
He is very polite.
。
Thank you for the gift.
。
Giving gifts is a cultural practice.
。
He is very courteous to guests.
礼 (lǐ) means rite or courtesy, and combines with 物 in 礼物 (lǐ wù), gift.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 礼.
Used in
Grammar articles
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