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礼 = 礻 + 乙
礼 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “salutation”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 乙 (fish guts). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1168.
- Keyword
- salutation
- RTK frame
- 1168
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- レイ, ライ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- salute, приветствие
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 礼 social custom
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 礼 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “fish guts”. 礼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 礼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.