招

simpl. and trad.
招

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 – to beckon with the hand.

Han character

招 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手尸竹口 (QSHR), four-corner 5706₂)

1. beckon, summon
2. recruit, levy

References

• KangXi: page 427, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11968
• Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1860, character 7
• Unihan data for U+62DB

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Japanese

Kanji

招 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: まねく (maneku), まねき (maneki)

Compounds

• 招来 (しょうらい, shōrai)

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Korean

Hanja

招 (hangeul 초, 교, revised cho, gyo, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, kyo, Yale cho, kyo)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Noun

招 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhāo)

1. beckon; summon
2. recruit; levy
3. measure word for moves or blows (especially in Martial arts)

Compounds

• 招呼
• 招牌

External links

• 國語辭典

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Vietnamese

Han character

招 (chiêu, cheo, gieo, treo, chạo, chắp, chiu, giẹo, reo)