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-<WL>礼(F禮) [lǐ] rite/ceremony; 婚礼 hūnlǐ wedding; 礼貌 lǐmào polite; 礼物 gift (送礼 ‘give a gift/present’)
+<WL>礼(F禮) [lǐ] rite/ceremony (婚礼 ‘wedding’, 丧礼 ‘funeral’); 礼貌 etiquette/politeness; 礼遇 courteous treatment; 礼物 gift (送礼 ‘give a gift/present’)
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-The Shuōwén Seal form of 礼/禮(􀀓𥜨􀀔𠃞) lǐ ‘rite/ceremony/offering/gift’ combines 礻(􀀐示􀀑𥘅) shì ‘heavens; show/display’, and 豊(􀵧𧯽) lǐ ‘sacrificial vessel’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 豊, anciently also wr. 礼(􀀔𠃞), with a single stroke 乚(􁾒𡿨􀠡乁􂍄乁􂂏𠃉) instead of 豊; cf. 豊.
+The simple-form character 礼 (5 strokes) is an old wr. of the full-form character 禮 (17 strokes), replacing the full-form component 豊 (13 strokes) with 乚 (1 stroke).
-	Note: In Karlgren's system, 豊/禮 and 示 are similar OC syllables (GSR); the right-side stroke 乚 in 礼(􀀔𠃞) seems to have been added to distinguish 礼 from 示 shì ‘heavens; show/display’ (phonosemantic); later, the component 豊 replaced 乚, as pronunciations and usages diverged.
+	Note: The modern simple form 礼 derives from very old forms such as 𠃞 seen in bronze inscriptions (cf. Wieger, p.383).
-	Note: The modern simple form 礼(􀀔𠃞) is in fact very old, older than Shuōwén (~121 AD), as shown by bronze forms (cf. Wieger, p.383).
+	The full-form character 禮 is itself an abbrev. of old forms such as 𥜨 (21 strokes), replacing the old component 𧯽 (17 strokes) with the full-form component 豊.
-	Compare: 醴(􂦍) lǐ ‘sweet liquor/wine’; 醴 ‘sweet/fresh springwater’, formerly also wr. 澧.
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 礼/禮(􀀓𥜨􀀔𠃞) lǐ ‘rite/ceremony/offering/gift’ combines 礻(􀀐示􀀑𥘅) shì ‘heavens; show/display’ (phonosemantic), and 豊(􀵧𧯽) lǐ ‘sacrificial vessel’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 豊, and also 礼(􀀔𠃞), with a single stroke 乚(􁾒𡿨􀠡乁􂍄乁􂂏𠃉) instead of 豊; cf. 豊.
+	Note: 豊/禮 and 示 are similar OC syllables In Karlgren's reconstructions (GSR); the right-side stroke 乚 in 礼(􀀔𠃞) adds a 4th descending stroke to 示(􀀐􀀑𥘅).
+	Compare: 乚(􁾒𡿨乁􂍄), assoc. with 川(􁾗巛) as in 示(􀀐􀀑𥘅), and in 㐬(􂥨𡿮), 流(􁾍􁾌𣹳) liú ‘flow’ (cf. 逆).
+	Compare: 醴(􂦍) lǐ ‘sweet liquor/wine’; 醴 lǐ ‘sweet/fresh springwater’, formerly also wr. 澧.
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 #c礻乚
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