礼物 (lǐ wù)

Character breakdown

• 礼 (Lǐ) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 禮. Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound.

• 物 (wù) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".