礼 – salute, bow, ceremony

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The kanji 礼 means salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レイ、ライ (rei, rai). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 示 (no. 113).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レイ	rei
On’yomi	ライ	rai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 示 (Kangxi radical 113). Components: 乙.

Words using 礼

失礼しつれいdiscourtesyお礼おれいthanks礼れいthanks礼儀れいぎmanners無礼ぶれいrudeness

Example sentences

あなたはこの前の夜の失礼な振る舞いをスミス夫人に謝罪すべきです。

You should apologize to Mrs. Smith for your rude behavior the other night.

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「失礼ですが」とアンが話に割って入った。

"Excuse me," Ann broke in.

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それではそろそろ失礼します。

Well, I must be going.

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Kanji with the same radical

社示神福票禁祉祭祝祖祈禅禄

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