レイ, ライ, ひろ, れ

social custom, manners, courtesy, rites

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

The relevant seal inscription form of the right-hand element is 豆 food stand + grain piled atop in an orderly arrangement. adds altar/the supernatural → well-ordered, lengthy ritual → *propriety* → *salutation*. Distinguish the right-hand element in this character from the independent character 豊, which is a Shinjitai (new character form) of 豐.

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