Kanji N3

礼: salute, bow, ceremony

礼 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning salute, bow, ceremony, written with 5 strokes. It is read レイ, ライ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 礼 (れい, thanks) and 礼儀 (れいぎ, manners).

礼

Meanings

  • salute
  • bow
  • ceremony
  • thanks
  • remuneration
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1185 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • レイ
  • ライ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 礼

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 礼れい

    thanks; gratitude

    JLPT N3
  • 礼儀れいぎ

    manners; courtesy; etiquette

    JLPT N3
  • お礼おれい

    thanks; gratitude

    JLPT N4
  • 無礼ぶれい

    rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

    JLPT N1
  • 謝礼しゃれい

    reward; honorarium; remuneration

  • 洗礼せんれい

    baptism; christening

  • 礼拝れいはい

    worship (esp. Christian); (church) service

  • 儀礼ぎれい

    courtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.