| Chinese Text Project |
| 禮 U+79AE |  Seal script | 礼 Semantic variant Semantic variant Simplified character | 禮 Alternate form | 礼 Semantic variant | 𠃞 Semantic variant | 𤔑 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 示+ 13 strokes = 18 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.268#11 Kangxi: p.847#07 Cihai: p.985r2c04 GSR: 597.d Hanyu: v4,p2409#14 |
| Composition: | Left: 礻, right: 豊. Component of: 𡓾 𡤠 𢹿 𡅏 𣠲 𧕬 𨰋 |
| Mandarin: | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ |
| Cantonese: | lai5 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *lěi |
| Shuowen: | 《示部》禮：履也。所以事神致福也。从示从豊，豊亦聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·薺·禮》禮：《說文》曰：履也，所以事神致福也。《釋名》云：禮體也，得其事體也，又姓左傳有衞大夫禮孔。盧啓切，十六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·示部·十三》禮：〔古文〕礼𠃞𤔑《廣韻》盧啓切《集韻》《韻會》里弟切《正韻》良以切，𠀤音蠡。《說文》禮，履也，所以事神致福也。《釋名》禮，體也。得其事體也。《韻會》孟子言禮之實節文斯二者，蓋因人心之仁義而爲之品秩，使各得其敘之謂禮。又姓。《左傳》衞大夫禮孔。《徐鉉曰》五禮莫重於祭，故从示。豊者，其器也。 |
| Fanqie: | 盧啓 (《廣韻·上聲·薺·禮》) |
| Unihan definition: | social custom; manners; courtesy; rites |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 有子曰：「禮之用，和為貴。」 |
| The philosopher You said, "In practicing the rules of propriety, a natural ease is to be prized." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 公都子曰：「滕更之在門也，若在所禮。」 |
| The disciple Gong Du said, 'When Geng of Tang made his appearance in your school, it seemed proper that a polite consideration should be paid to him.' | |
| 《禮記·投壺》: | 投壺之禮，主人奉矢，司射奉中，使人執壺。 |
| According to the rules for Pitch-pot, the host carries the arrows in both his hands put together; the superintendent of the archery carries in the same way the stand on which the tallies were placed; and an attendant holds in his hand the pot. | |
| 《孝經·喪親》: | 子曰：「孝子之喪親也，哭不偯，禮無容，言不文，服美不安，聞樂不樂，食旨不甘，此哀戚之情也。」 |
| The Master said, "When a filial son is mourning for a parent, he wails, but not with a prolonged sobbing. In the movements of ceremony he pays no attention to his appearance. His words are without elegance of phrase. He cannot bear to wear fine clothes. When he hears music, he feels no delight. When he eats a delicacy, he is not conscious of its flavor. Such is the nature of grief and sorrow." | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 神心忽恍，經緯萬方，事系諸道、德、仁、義、禮，譔《問神》。 |
| Shen (神) and xin (心) are shadowy and indistinct, but they are the warp and woof of the world, and their workings are bound up with the Dao, de, ren, yi, and li. Thus I have written "Asking About Shen." | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 禮，敬也。 |
| Li (manners/courtesy) is respect. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 擎、跽、曲拳，人臣之禮也，人皆為之，吾敢不為邪！ |
| To carry (the memorandum tablet to court), to kneel, and to bend the body reverentially - these are the observances of ministers. They all employ them, and should I presume not to do so? | |
| 《道德經》: | 偏將軍居左，上將軍居右，言以喪禮處之。 |
| The second in command of the army has his place on the left; the general commanding in chief has his on the right; - his place, that is, is assigned to him as in the rites of mourning. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 今吾欲變法以治，更禮以教百姓，恐天下之議我也。 |
| I intend, now, to alter the laws, so as to obtain orderly government, and to reform the rites, so as to teach the people; but I am afraid the empire will criticize me. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 舜飭下二女於媯汭，如婦禮。 |
| Shun sent the two women down to the north of the Gui river, and treated them with the ceremony due to them as his wives. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 三王既以定法度，制禮樂而傳之，有不用而改自作，何以異於變易牙之和，更師曠之律？ |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 簡者，易野也，易野者，無禮文也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 緣此以論禮，禮之所重者在其誌。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 傳曰：夫行露之人許嫁矣，然而未往也，見一物不具，一禮不備，守節貞理，守死不往，君子以為得婦道之宜，故舉而傳之，揚而歌之，以絕無道之求，防汙道之行乎！ |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是故聖人等之以禮，立之以義，行之以順，而民棄惡也如灌。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 《禮》曰：「四十強而士。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 而中敬其士，不以禮節，無以諭敬也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 於是呂后令呂澤使人奉太子書，卑辭厚禮迎四人 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 教以六藝，曰禮、樂、射、御、書、數。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 孔子溝而合諸墓焉，謂季桓子曰：「貶君以彰己罪，非禮也。」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 而況君子敦貞之質，察敏之才，攝之以良朋，教之以明師，文之以《禮》、《樂》，導之以《詩》、《書》，讚之以《周易》，明之以《春秋》，其有濟乎？ |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 性命在本，故《禮》有胎教之法：子在身時，席不正不坐。 |
| 《太玄經·樂》: | 測曰，「不宴不雅」、禮樂廢也。 |
| 《風俗通義·三皇》: | 《禮號謚記》說：「伏羲、祝融、神農。」 |
| 《孔叢子·廣義》: | 男女不以禮交，謂之淫。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 禮也者，履此者也。 |
| 《忠經·守宰章》: | 導之以禮樂，以和其氣。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 夫道、德、仁、義、禮，五者一體也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 民知畏法，而無禮義。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 《禮》曰：「不滿百丈，不書于策。」 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 禮將休焉，物莫先焉。 |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 文禮之野，與禽獸同則，言語之暴，與蠻夷同謂。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 循道理之數，因天地之然，即六合不足均也，聽失於非譽，目淫於綵女，禮亶不足以放愛，誠心可以懷遠，故兵莫憯乎志，鏌铮為下寇，莫大於陰陽，而枹鼓為細，所謂大寇伏尸不言節，中寇藏於山，小寇遯於民間。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 以此中天下，可以制禮。 |
| 《列仙傳·務光》: | 逼不以禮，遂投浮梁山，後游尚父山。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 聖人視百姓如芻草狗畜，不貴望其禮意。 |
| 《韓非子·十過》: | 三曰、行僻自用，無禮諸侯，則亡身之至也。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 法制禮籍，所以立公義也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 有虞之王，燒曾藪，斬群害，以為民利，封土為社，置木為閭，民始知禮也。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 是以聖人綏之以道，理之以義，動之以禮，撫之以仁。 |
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