漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
招: beckon, invite
Also: summon, engage
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 召 gives the sound
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 招待するしょうたいするinvite
- 招待状しょうたいじょうinvitation letter
- 招待しょうたい
- 招致しょうちinvitation; summons
- 招集しょうしゅうcall; summons; convening
まねくmaneku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 招くまねくinvite
- 招き猫まねきねこbeckoning cat
- 招きまねきinvitation
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
召
Also built on seduce (召)
招 takes the 召 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side招 beckon · 扌
vs沼 marsh · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhāo
Same form: 招 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 招 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 招 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhāo 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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