IDENTITY
礼lǐceremony; gift; politeness
HSK 3Top 450
CORE MEANING
ceremony; gift; politeness
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.giftHSK3
- 2.politenessHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 礻spirit radical (shì)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰礻乚
- ritual altar
- gives the sound lǐ (historical)
USAGE
Common words
礼物lǐwùgift
礼貌lǐmàopolite
婚礼hūnlǐwedding
Graded examples
生日收到很多礼物。Shēngrì shōudào hěn duō lǐwù.HSK3
I received many gifts on my birthday.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 札
LEARNING
Memory aid
Offerings at the altar (礻) — rites, ceremony. (From 禮.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #450
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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