礼 — salute, bow, ceremony

れい礼 salute

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes religion

U+793C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1185 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1168 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

salute
bow
ceremony
thanks
remuneration

word

れい rei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

礼(れい) rei bow お礼(れい) orei thanks 失(しつ) 礼(れい) shitsurei rudeness 礼(れい) 拝(はい) reihai worship 洗(せん) 礼(れい) senrei baptism 礼(れい) 儀(ぎ) reigi manners 御(お) 礼(れい) orei gratitude 儀(ぎ) 礼(れい) girei etiquette

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

礻 altar/spirit (left form)

おつ乙 the latter #5

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