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

courtesy / manners

ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)

etiquette

etiquette / ceremony

gift / present

chapel / church (Protestant)

Sunday

Saturday

Friday

Monday

Wednesday

Thursday

Tuesday

protocol / official etiquette

etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status

fireworks

concierge

concierge department of a hotel or resort

respect for the wise

slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

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.