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礼

salute
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingレイ、ライ
JōyōGrade 3
  1. thanks
  2. gratitude
  3. manners
  4. etiquette
  5. bow (i.e. bending of the body)

Popular Usage

お礼

Radicals and components

Radical示spiritComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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salute · altar (示) · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1168

Compound words

お礼おれい
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow
儀礼ぎれい
courtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol; (religious) observance
祭礼さいれい
(religious) festival
失礼しつれい
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave
謝礼しゃれい
reward; honorarium; remuneration
巡礼じゅんれい
pilgrimage; pilgrim
洗礼せんれい
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something
朝礼ちょうれい
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
非礼ひれい
impoliteness
無礼ぶれい
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
礼儀れいぎ
manners; courtesy; etiquette
礼金れいきん
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; recompense; remuneration
礼状れいじょう
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
礼拝れいはい
worship (esp. Christian); (church) service
礼服れいふく
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
失礼しますしつれいします
excuse me; pardon me; I beg your pardon
失礼しましたしつれいしました
my apologies; I'm sorry; excuse me

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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