禮
lǐLǐ HSK5

gift

礼 (禮) lǐ frequency
ceremony noun
a formal rite or religious/social ceremony

他们正在举行婚礼。

tā​men zhèng​zài jǔ​xíng hūn lǐ.

They are having a wedding ceremony.

etiquette noun
propriety, courtesy, or social manners

他是一个非常有修养的人，待人接物很懂礼。

tā shì yī gè fēi​cháng yǒu xiū​yǎng de rén, dài​rén​jiē​wù hěn dǒng lǐ.

He is a very refined person and is very polite in his dealings with others.

gift noun
a present or token given to someone

他在去朋友家串门时，顺手带了一份薄礼。

tā zài qù péng​you jiā chuàn​mén shí, shùn​shǒu dài le yī fèn bó​lǐ.

When he visited a friend, he brought along a small gift.

礼 (禮) Lǐ
Classic of Rites noun
abbreviation for the Classic of Rites (Liji), one of the Five Classics of Confucianism

儒家经典“五经”中包括《礼》。

Rú​jiā jīng​diǎn“ wǔ jīng” zhōng bāo​kuò《 Lǐ》.

The Confucian classic 'Five Classics' includes the 'Book of Rites'.

Li proper name
the Chinese surname Li

礼先生是我们学校新来的数学老师，他的课讲得非常生动。

Lǐ xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men xué​xiào xīn lái de shù​xué lǎo​shī, tā de kè jiǎng de fēi​cháng shēng​dòng.

Mr. Li is the new math teacher at our school, and his lessons are very engaging and lively.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
926th most common 184.0 per million
Movie subtitles
462nd most common 315.3 per million appears in 64% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
25.5 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
61.1 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
礼
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+79AE

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)