礼品
lǐpǐn · HSK 7
gift
🎁 礼品 = 礼 (courtesy/ceremony) + 品 (item/goods) = a courtesy item, a gift
礼 carries the sense of etiquette and ceremony; 品 means goods or articles. A gift is literally the goods you hand over as a social courtesy. Sound: lǐpǐn pairs two clipped syllables, lee-pin.
礼 — 示 (altar/ritual) + 乚 (simplified from 豊)
Originally 禮, showing 示 (altar) beside 豊 (a ritual vessel of grain), depicting offerings made at a shrine. The character meant religious ceremony, then broadened to social rites, courtesy, and gifts. The simplified form 礼 keeps 示 and replaces 豊 with the abbreviated 乚.
品 — three 口 (mouth) stacked
品 is an ideogram showing three 口 (mouths or openings) piled together. The repetition of 口 suggests many people, items, or voices, which gave rise to meanings like 'kinds,' 'goods,' 'rank,' and 'to taste/judge.' The triple stacking is a common Chinese device for indicating plurality or variety.