礼 lǐ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
礼貌
lǐmào
polite; politeness
Characters in this word
貌 mào
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 豸 — badger
- Made of
- 豸 badger 皃 countenance, appearance
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他很礼貌。 Tā hěn lǐmào. He has good manners.
- 请有礼貌。 Qǐng yǒu lǐmào. Please be polite.
- 礼貌很重要。 Lǐmào hěn zhòngyào. Politeness is very important.