The kanji 礼: meaning, readings and stroke order

礼

Meaning: bow, thanks
On reading: レイ rei、ライ rai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 示 sign
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 禮

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cúi chào, cảm ơn (lễ)
Japanese: おじぎ。おれい。
Korean: 인사, 고마움 (례)
Chinese: 鞠躬、谢意

Readings, words and example sentences

レイ rei · on reading

礼れい
bow, thanks
先生に 礼れいをします。
I bow to my teacher.

ライ rai · on reading · less common

礼らい拝はい
worship service
日曜日に 礼らい拝はいがあります。
There is a worship service on Sunday.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.