礼 — Chinese character
礼
lǐ
courtesy, manners, social customs
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 礻 乚
- Formation
- pictophonetic — spirit; meaning component 礻; sound component 乚
- Traditional
- 禮
- Japanese
- 礼 as a kanji
Common words with 礼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 礼物 (禮物) | lǐ wù | gift; present; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 份 (fèn) |
| 婚礼 (婚禮) | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony; wedding |
| 礼拜 (禮拜) | lǐ bài | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week |
| 礼貌 (禮貌) | lǐ mào | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite |
| 典礼 (典禮) | diǎn lǐ | ceremony; celebration |
| 礼仪 (禮儀) | lǐ yí | etiquette; ceremony |
| 葬礼 (葬禮) | zàng lǐ | burial; funeral |
| 礼服 (禮服) | lǐ fú | ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) |
| 洗礼 (洗禮) | xǐ lǐ | (lit. and fig.) baptism |
| 无礼 (無禮) | wú lǐ | rude; rudely |
| 礼品 (禮品) | lǐ pǐn | gift; present |
| 礼堂 (禮堂) | lǐ táng | assembly hall; auditorium; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
English words written with 礼
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.