"礼" meaning in All languages combined

See 礼 on Wiktionary

Character [Chinese]

Forms: For pronunciation and definitions of 礼 – see 禮 . . Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China [canonical], and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong [canonical], and Taiwan. [canonical], “ritual [romanization]
Etymology: Based on an ancient form of 禮 recorded in Shuowen as . In regular script, the earliest record can be traced back to the Tang dynasty orthographical dictionary Ganlu Zishu 《干祿字書》. In modern form: Simplified from 禮 (示 → 礻 and 豊 → 乚). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|禮*}} 禮, {{l|zh|《干祿字書》//|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=}} 《干祿字書》, {{lw|zh|干祿字書|pref=《|suf=》}} 《干祿字書》, {{Han simp|禮|f=示|f2=豊|t=礻|t2=乚}} Simplified from 禮 (示 → 礻 and 豊 → 乚)
  1. Tags: Macau, Malaysia, no-gloss

Character [Japanese]

Forms: [kyūjitai]
Etymology: Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 禮. Etymology templates: {{l|ja|禮}} 禮, {{ja-l/helper|禮||}} 禮, {{ja-l|禮}} 禮
  1. manners; etiquette Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji, shinjitai Derived forms: 礼文島 (Rebun-tō) (ruby: (), (ぶん), (とう))
    Sense id: en-礼-ja-character-76y0i9Nw Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɾe̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (れい)), rei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 禮 (MC lejX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=れい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|禮}} 禮 (MC lejX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|れい}} 礼(れい) • (rei)
  1. a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist Synonyms (bow): お辞儀 (o-jigi) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-礼-ja-noun-OA5xbOtc Disambiguation of 'bow': 100 0
  2. an expression of thanks or gratitude
    Sense id: en-礼-ja-noun-SvC9ahGz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 75 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 30 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 24 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 6 25 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 23 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 24 74 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 15 28 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お礼 (o-rei) (ruby: (れい)) [honorific] Derived forms: 礼記 (reiki) (ruby: (れい), ()), 礼拝 (reihai) (ruby: (れい), (はい)), 礼儀 (reigi) (ruby: (れい), ()), 礼装 (reisō) (ruby: (れい), (そう)), 礼服 (reifuku) (ruby: (れい), (ふく)), 礼をする (reiosuru) (ruby: (れい)) Troponyms: 会釈 (eshaku) (ruby: (), (しゃく)) (english: a slight bow), 目礼 (mokurei) (ruby: (もく), (れい)) (english: a nod to a person), 黙礼 (mokurei) (ruby: (もく), (れい)) (english: a silent bow), 最敬礼 (saikeirei) (ruby: (さい), (けい), (れい)) (english: a respectful bow, a low bow), 叩頭: a deep bow (kōtō), a kowtow, a bow where one touches one's head to the floor, ground
Etymology number: 2

Character [Korean]

Forms: [hangeul], [South-Korea]
Head templates: {{ko-hanja|례||예}} 礼 (eum 례 (rye), South Korea 예 (ye))
  1. Alternative form of 禮 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of:

Character [Translingual]

  1. 礼 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈火山 (IFU), four-corner 3221₀, composition ⿰礻乚(U+793C) or ⿰示乚(U+FA18)) Related terms: (english: Orthodox traditional form)

Character [Vietnamese]

Forms: 礼: Hán Việt readings: lễ 礼: Nôm readings: lạy [canonical], lẫy [canonical], lấy [canonical], trễ [canonical], lẻ [canonical], lãi [canonical], lễ [canonical], rẻ [canonical], trẻ [canonical], rẽ [canonical], lẩy [canonical], lệ [canonical], lưỡi [canonical], lẽ [canonical], lởi [canonical], lỡi [canonical], trẩy [canonical], lể [canonical]
  1. Alternative form of 禮 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of:
    Sense id: en-礼-vi-character-hftLhm7j Categories (other): Vietnamese Chữ Hán, Vietnamese Nom

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 礼 meaning in All languages combined (11.2kB)

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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
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      "form": "礼: Hán Việt readings: lễ 礼: Nôm readings: lạy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẫy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lấy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trễ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẻ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lãi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lễ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rẻ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trẻ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rẽ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẩy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lệ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lưỡi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẽ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lởi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lỡi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trẩy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lể",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "禮"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese Nom",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of 禮"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "禮",
          "禮#Vietnamese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "禮",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
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      },
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      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "禮",
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        "t": "礻",
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      },
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      "name": "Han simp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Based on an ancient form of 禮 recorded in Shuowen as . In regular script, the earliest record can be traced back to the Tang dynasty orthographical dictionary Ganlu Zishu 《干祿字書》.\nIn modern form: Simplified from 禮 (示 → 礻 and 豊 → 乚).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "For pronunciation and definitions of 礼 – see 禮 . . Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "and Taiwan.",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "“ritual",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "redirects": [
    "禮"
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "CJKV simplified characters",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese Han characters",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese simplified forms",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Dungan lemmas",
        "Dungan nouns",
        "Dungan verbs",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Eastern Min nouns",
        "Eastern Min verbs",
        "Gan lemmas",
        "Gan nouns",
        "Gan verbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka nouns",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Jin lemmas",
        "Jin nouns",
        "Jin verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Northern Min lemmas",
        "Northern Min nouns",
        "Northern Min verbs",
        "Pages with raw sortkeys",
        "Taishanese lemmas",
        "Taishanese nouns",
        "Taishanese verbs",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "Teochew verbs",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns",
        "Wu verbs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Macau",
        "Malaysia",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "礼"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Grade 3 kanji",
    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading らい",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading れい",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading いや",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading うや",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading うやま-う",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading のり",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 礼",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
    "ja:Body language"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Rebun-tō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れ"
        ],
        [
          "文",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "島",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼文島"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "禮"
      },
      "expansion": "禮",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "禮",
        "2": "",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "禮",
      "name": "ja-l/helper"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "禮"
      },
      "expansion": "禮",
      "name": "ja-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 禮.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "禮",
      "tags": [
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "manners; etiquette"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "etiquette",
          "etiquette"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "grade-3-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "shinjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "礼"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 礼",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
    "ja:Body language"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "いや"
  ],
  "word": "礼"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 礼",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
    "ja:Body language"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "reiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ],
        [
          "記",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼記"
    },
    {
      "roman": "reihai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ],
        [
          "拝",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼拝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "reigi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ],
        [
          "儀",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼儀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "reisō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ],
        [
          "装",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼装"
    },
    {
      "roman": "reifuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ],
        [
          "服",
          "ふく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼服"
    },
    {
      "roman": "reiosuru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "礼をする"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "れい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "禮"
      },
      "expansion": "禮 (MC lejX)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 禮 (MC lejX).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "礼",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rei",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "れい"
      },
      "expansion": "礼(れい) • (rei)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "Stand up! Bow! Sit down! (sequence used to greet teachers in school)",
          "roman": "Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!",
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            [
              "起",
              "き"
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            [
              "立",
              "りつ"
            ],
            [
              "礼",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "着",
              "ちゃく"
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            [
              "席",
              "せき"
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      ],
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        [
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          "bow"
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        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture"
        ],
        [
          "bend",
          "bend#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
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        [
          "thanks",
          "thanks"
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        [
          "gratitude",
          "gratitude"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾe̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "o-jigi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "辞",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "儀",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "o-rei",
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        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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  ],
  "troponyms": [
    {
      "english": "a slight bow",
      "roman": "eshaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "会",
          "え"
        ],
        [
          "釈",
          "しゃく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "会釈"
    },
    {
      "english": "a nod to a person",
      "roman": "mokurei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "目",
          "もく"
        ],
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "目礼"
    },
    {
      "english": "a silent bow",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "黙",
          "もく"
        ],
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "黙礼"
    },
    {
      "english": "a respectful bow, a low bow",
      "roman": "saikeirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "最",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "敬",
          "けい"
        ],
        [
          "礼",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "最敬礼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōtō",
      "word": "叩頭: a deep bow"
    },
    {
      "word": "a kowtow"
    },
    {
      "word": "a bow where one touches one's head to the floor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ground"
    }
  ],
  "word": "礼"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "례",
      "roman": "rye",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "예",
      "roman": "ye",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "礼 (eum 례 (rye), South Korea 예 (ye))",
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "word": "禮"
        }
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        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
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      ],
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        "Alternative form of 禮"
      ],
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        [
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          "禮#Korean"
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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    }
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}

{
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            "1": "ja",
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          "name": "l"
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        {
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          "args": {
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  "lang_code": "mul",
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    }
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        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
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        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
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        "礼 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈火山 (IFU), four-corner 3221₀, composition ⿰礻乚(U+793C) or ⿰示乚(U+FA18))"
      ],
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          "Kangxi radical"
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        [
          "礻",
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        ],
        [
          "乚",
          "乚#Translingual"
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        [
          "示",
          "示#Translingual"
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  ],
  "word": "礼"
}

{
  "forms": [
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      "form": "礼: Hán Việt readings: lễ 礼: Nôm readings: lạy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẫy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lấy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trễ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẻ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lãi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lễ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rẻ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trẻ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rẽ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẩy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lệ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lưỡi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lẽ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lởi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lỡi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trẩy",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lể",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
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  "pos": "character",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "禮"
        }
      ],
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        "Vietnamese Nom",
        "Vietnamese lemmas"
      ],
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        "Alternative form of 禮"
      ],
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        [
          "禮",
          "禮#Vietnamese"
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        "han"
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'For pronunciation and definitions of 礼 – see 禮 . . Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China' in 'For pronunciation and definitions of 礼 – see 禮 (“ritual; rite; ceremony; rules of etiquette; rules of propriety; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and ancient form of 禮). Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.'",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: rite",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: ceremony",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: rules of etiquette",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: rules of propriety",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: etc.”",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: This character is the simplified and ancient form of 禮",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: '礼: Hán Việt readings: lễ 礼: Nôm readings: lạy' in '礼: Hán Việt readings: lễ 礼: Nôm readings: lạy, lẫy, lấy, trễ, lẻ, lãi, lễ, rẻ, trẻ, rẽ, lẩy, lệ, lưỡi, lẽ, lởi, lỡi, trẩy, lể'",
  "path": [
    "礼"
  ],
  "section": "Vietnamese",
  "subsection": "han character",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425",
  "msg": "礼/Japanese/soft-redirect: missing \"senses\" in data (must have at least one sense, add empty sense with \"no-gloss\" tag if none otherwise available): {\"categories\": [\"Japanese entries with incorrect language header\", \"Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup\", \"Japanese lemmas\", \"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks\", \"Japanese nouns\", \"Japanese single-kanji terms\", \"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese\", \"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji\", \"Japanese terms spelled with 礼\", \"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Japanese terms with multiple readings\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys\", \"Japanese terms written with one Han script character\", \"Pages with raw sortkeys\", \"ja:Body language\"], \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"lang_code\": \"ja\", \"pos\": \"soft-redirect\", \"redirects\": [\"いや\"], \"word\": \"礼\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
  "title": "礼",
  "trace": ""
}

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