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礼 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「礻」

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8Elementary year 3 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
On
レイ・ライれい・らい · rei · rai
Kun
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Meaning
courtesy, bow, thanks

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From offering things at an altar to honor the gods: courtesy, a bow.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレイれいrei礼儀れいぎ謝礼しゃれい無礼ぶれい
Onライらいrai礼賛らいさん礼拝れいはい

「礼拝」は，「レイハイ」とも。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 礼儀れいぎ

    manners, etiquette

  • お礼おれい

    thanks, gratitude

More words with this kanji

  • 失礼しつれい
  • 三顧の礼さんこのれい
  • 慇懃無礼いんぎんぶれい
  • 縟礼じょくれい
  • 礼装れいそう
  • 礼服れいふく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

先生(せんせい)に 礼(れい)を する。

I bow to the teacher.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

礼儀礼儀ceremo…神god福good…社shrine祈pray祉welfar…令comman…来to com…伶court…戻return励encour…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 礻Map of reading レイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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