漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
召: seduce, call
Also: send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)
JLPT N25 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 刀 gives the sound
5 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Today
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 召集するしょうしゅうするcall together, muster
- 召還するしょうかんするrecall, call someone back
- 応召するおうしょうするbe drafted, be enlisted
めすmesu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 召すめすcall, wear, eat, drink [hon.]
- 召し使いめしつかいservant
- 召し上がるめしあがるeat, drink [hon.]
- お召し物おめしものclothing [hon.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 刀 family reads トウ (tou); 召 is read ショウ.
召 gives its sound to
The family reading is ショウ (shou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhào
Same form: 召 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 召 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 召 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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