Chinese Character 礼 Meanings and components.

Form

礼

Meaning

礼 meaning[3] in English

Surname Li.

Abbr. For 禮記|礼记[Li3 Ji4], Classic Of Rites.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 礼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (礻) , and component in Chinese … (乚)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFU

How to write 礼

To write礼li3surname Li you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 乚yin3component in … arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 乚 = 礼

礼 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 礼 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 礼, looks as follow:

礼
Pinyin:li3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Li . Abbr. For 禮記|礼记[Li3 Ji4], Classic Of Rites
礻
Pinyin:shi4
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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