招
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Translingual
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Han character
招 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手尸竹口 (QSHR), four-corner 57062, composition ⿰扌召)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 427, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11968
- Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1860, character 7
- Unihan data for U+62DB
Chinese
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 招 |
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| Warring States |
| Qin slip script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 魛 | *taːw |
| 舠 | *taːw |
| 朷 | *taːw, *moːɡ |
| 叨 | *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw |
| 倒 | *taːwʔ, *taːws |
| 到 | *taːws |
| 菿 | *taːws, *rtaːwɢ |
| 鞀 | *deːw |
| 鳭 | *rteːw, *teːw |
| 灱 | *hreːw |
| 菬 | *sdew, *tjewʔ |
| 超 | *tʰew |
| 怊 | *tʰew, *tʰjew |
| 欩 | *tʰew |
| 召 | *dews, *djews |
| 昭 | *tjew |
| 招 | *tjew |
| 鉊 | *tjew |
| 沼 | *tjewʔ |
| 照 | *tjews |
| 詔 | *tjews |
| 炤 | *tjews |
| 弨 | *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ |
| 眧 | *tʰjewʔ |
| 韶 | *djew |
| 佋 | *djew, *djewʔ |
| 軺 | *djew, *lew |
| 玿 | *djew |
| 柖 | *djew |
| 紹 | *djewʔ |
| 袑 | *djewʔ |
| 綤 | *djewʔ |
| 邵 | *djews |
| 劭 | *djews |
| 卲 | *djews |
| 刁 | *teːw |
| 芀 | *teːw, *deːw |
| 貂 | *teːw |
| 蛁 | *teːw |
| 迢 | *deːw |
| 苕 | *deːw |
| 髫 | *deːw |
| 岧 | *deːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjew) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
招
- to beckon; to gesture
- to recruit; to enlist; to enroll
- to incite; to incur; to court
- to cause; to provoke
- to tease; to flirt with
- to confess
- (dialectal) to infect; to be contagious; to be infectious
- (alt. form 著／着) Classifier for moves or blows (especially in martial arts).
- (alt. form 著／着) move; step (in chess or Go)
- (alt. form 著／着) (figuratively) trick; device
- † target
- † poster; signboard
- a surname
Synonyms
- (to beckon):
- (to recruit):
- (to provoke):
- (to tease):
- (to confess):
- (trick):
Compounds
- 不打自招 (bùdǎzìzhāo)
- 不招
- 中招 (zhòngzhāo)
- 供招
- 俛首自招／俯首自招
- 假招子
- 出招 (chūzhāo)
- 坐產招夫／坐产招夫
- 多方招撫／多方招抚
- 多言招悔
- 大事招搖／大事招摇
- 大學聯招／大学联招
- 大招 (dàzhāo)
- 大招寺
- 奇招
- 套招
- 女招的
- 妙招 (miàozhāo)
- 屈打成招 (qūdǎchéngzhāo)
- 屈招
- 屢出新招／屡出新招
- 市招
- 布招兒／布招儿
- 弓招
- 從實招來／从实招来 (cóngshízhāolái)
- 徵招／征招
- 惹事招非
- 惹是招非
- 惹災招禍／惹灾招祸
- 惹禍招愆／惹祸招愆
- 惹禍招殃／惹祸招殃
- 惹禍招災／惹祸招灾
- 惹罪招愆
- 成招
- 打招
- 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
- 招事
- 招亡納叛／招亡纳叛
- 招人
- 招人物議／招人物议
- 招伏
- 招供 (zhāogòng)
- 招兒／招儿 (zhāor)
- 招兵 (zhāobīng)
- 招兵買馬／招兵买马 (zhāobīngmǎimǎ)
- 招出
- 招募 (zhāomù)
- 招咎
- 招呼 (zhāohū)
- 招呼站
- 招商局
- 招商店
- 招喚／招唤
- 招女婿
- 招嫁
- 招子 (zhāozi)
- 招安 (zhāo'ān)
- 招對／招对
- 招展 (zhāozhǎn)
- 招帖
- 招式 (zhāoshì)
- 招引 (zhāoyǐn)
- 招待 (zhāodài)
- 招待券
- 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
- 招徠／招徕 (zhāolái)
- 招復／招复
- 招怨
- 招惹 (zhāorě)
- 招懷／招怀
- 招手 (zhāoshǒu)
- 招打
- 招承
- 拆招
- 招招
- 招招手
- 招提 (zhāotí)
- 招搖／招摇
- 招搖撞騙／招摇撞骗 (zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn)
- 招搖過市／招摇过市 (zhāoyáoguòshì)
- 招撫／招抚 (zhāofǔ)
- 招攬／招揽 (zhāolǎn)
- 招收 (zhāoshōu)
- 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
- 招文袋
- 招是惹非
- 招是攬非／招是揽非
- 招架 (zhāojià)
- 招架不住 (zhāojià bùzhù)
- 招標／招标 (zhāobiāo)
- 招權納賄／招权纳贿
- 招權納賂／招权纳赂
- 招權納賕／招权纳赇
- 招涼／招凉
- 招漢子／招汉子
- 招災／招灾
- 招災攬禍／招灾揽祸
- 招牌 (zhāopái)
- 招牌菜 (zhāopáicài)
- 招狀／招状
- 招生 (zhāoshēng)
- 招生簡章／招生简章
- 招盤／招盘
- 招眼
- 招瞪
- 招票
- 招禍／招祸
- 招租 (zhāozū)
- 招笑兒／招笑儿
- 招紙／招纸
- 招納／招纳 (zhāonà)
- 招羅／招罗
- 招考 (zhāokǎo)
- 招聘 (zhāopìn)
- 招聲／招声
- 招股 (zhāogǔ)
- 招致 (zhāozhì)
- 招花惹草
- 招蜂引蝶
- 招親／招亲 (zhāoqīn)
- 招解
- 招說／招说
- 招認／招认 (zhāorèn)
- 招諭／招谕 (zhāoyù)
- 招護／招护
- 招財利市／招财利市
- 招財進寶／招财进宝 (zhāocáijìnbǎo)
- 招貼／招贴 (zhāotiē)
- 招貼畫／招贴画
- 招賢／招贤 (zhāoxián)
- 招賢下士／招贤下士
- 招賢納士／招贤纳士 (zhāoxiánnàshì)
- 招贅／招赘 (zhāozhuì)
- 招軍／招军 (zhāojūn)
- 招軍買馬／招军买马
- 招邀
- 招門納婿／招门纳婿
- 招降 (zhāoxiáng)
- 招降納叛／招降纳叛
- 招降納順／招降纳顺 (zhāoxiángnàshùn)
- 招隱／招隐
- 招集 (zhāojí)
- 招領／招领 (zhāolǐng)
- 招頭／招头
- 招風／招风 (zhāofēng)
- 招風惹草／招风惹草
- 招風惹雨／招风惹雨
- 招風招雨／招风招雨 (zhāofēngzhāoyǔ)
- 招風攬火／招风揽火
- 招風耳／招风耳
- 招颭／招飐 (zhāozhǎn)
- 招駙馬／招驸马
- 招魂 (zhāohún)
- 招魂旛
- 挖耳當招／挖耳当招
- 接招
- 掛招牌／挂招牌
- 揚幡招魂／扬幡招魂
- 新招牌
- 樹大招風／树大招风 (shùdàzhāofēng)
- 樹高招風／树高招风
- 毒招
- 比武招親／比武招亲
- 狠招
- 玩花招
- 目挑心招
- 砸招牌
- 納士招賢／纳士招贤
- 絕招／绝招 (juézhāo)
- 翻招
- 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
- 聯招／联招 (liánzhāo)
- 聯招會／联招会
- 花招 (huāzhāo)
- 花招百出
- 花枝招展 (huāzhīzhāozhǎn)
- 花枝招颭／花枝招飐
- 虛晃一招／虚晃一招
- 角招
- 買馬招軍／买马招军
- 過招／过招
- 金字招牌 (jīnzì zhāopái)
- 難以招架／难以招架
- 高招 (gāozhāo)
- 鬼花招
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
招
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
招
- † Alternative form of 韶 (sháo, “ancient music at the time of Emperor Shun”)
- † Used in 招搖／招摇 (sháoyáo).
References
- “Entry #3983”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
Kanji
招
- beckon
Readings
Compounds
Affix
| Kanji in this term |
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| 招 |
| しょう Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi |
- invitation; to invite
Korean
Hanja
招 • (cho, gyo) (hangeul 초, 교, revised cho, gyo, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, kyo, Yale cho, kyo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
招: Hán Nôm readings: chiêu, cheo, gieo, treo, chạo, chắp, chiu, giẹo, reo
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