Chinese Character 禮 Meanings and components.

Form

禮

Meaning

禮 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 禮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to show (示) , and variant of 豐|丰[feng1] (豊)

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

In cangjie it is written with IFTWT

How to write 禮

To write禮li3surname Li you should write a combination of 示shi4to show , 豊li3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

示 + 豊 = 禮

禮 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

禮
Pinyin:li3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Li . Abbr. For 禮記|礼记[Li3 Ji4], Classic Of Rites
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
豊
Pinyin:li3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1]
曲
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Qu
豆
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 豆[Dou4]

Notes

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

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

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