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

burial / funeral

lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness

monetary gift

gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo

to praise / well done, bravo!

Confucian code of ethics

my meager gift (humble)

Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics

betrothal gift

to return a courtesy / return gift

military salute

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goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.

Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)

Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)

Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries

Ash Wednesday

Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

empty formality

to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies

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.