礼

lǐ = li + Ø3

surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites

礼 = 乚 + 礻 : Li Qingzhao got a present from earth for her birthday while doing experiments in the space station. In the gift box, she found a shovel and a monk's cowl. She uses zero gravity to pretend to be a witch, using the monk's cowl as a witches' cloak and riding the shovel like a broom.

lǐ = li + Ø3

gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy

礼 = 乚 + 礻 : Li Qingzhao got a present from earth for her birthday while doing experiments in the space station. In the gift box, she found a shovel and a monk's cowl. She uses zero gravity to pretend to be a witch, using the monk's cowl as a witches' cloak and riding the shovel like a broom.

礼 character breakdown

礼
- 乚
- 礻
  - 丶
  - 卜
    - 丨
    - 丶
  - ㇇

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Character component without intrinsic meaning

礻 = 丶 + ㇇ + 卜 : A cult: I'll represent this with a monk's cowl in other mnemonics.

Characters with 礼 as component

礼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 礼

rude / rudely

baptism (lit. or fig.)

evening dress

sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite

to stand on ceremony / punctilious

to salute / to greet

etiquette / ceremonial rites

respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)

courteous / polite

to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)

Baptist (Christian sect)

Baptists

to accept a gift / to receive presents

(religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice

graduation ceremony / commencement exercises

the Lord's Day / Sunday

to be well-mannered

ground breaking ceremony

ordination

etiquette / custom

Sentences with 礼

nà

su̅n

wù

ko̅ng

shì

xià

jiè

xia̅n

rén

bù

dǒng

tia̅n

tíng

lǐ

jié

Sun Wukong is from the world of the mortals. He doesn't know the rules of heaven.