Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
招
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
招
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
招
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
招
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
招
Regular
Modern
Chinese
招 [zhāo]
to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
招 あきら
Akira unclassified name
招 かつえ
Katsue unclassified name
招 かつなり
Katsunari unclassified name
招 かつのり
Katsunori unclassified name
招 まねき
Maneki surname
CHINESE WORDS (168)
招呼 [zhāohu] #2,687
to call out to
招生 [zhāoshēng] #25,295
to enroll new students
招聘 [zhāopìn] #12,089
to invite applications for a job
打招呼 [dǎzhāohu] #5,296
to greet sb by word or action
招待 [zhāodài] #5,106
to receive (guests)
招商 [zhāoshāng] #4,337
to seek investment or funding
招标 [zhāobiāo] #33,318
to invite bids
招标 [zhāobiāo] #33,318
to invite bids
招募 [zhāomù] #8,675
to recruit
招牌 [zhāopai] #9,250
signboard
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JAPANESE WORDS (46)
⭐ 招く [まねく] #2,257
to invite
⭐ 招待 [しょうたい] #4,712
invitation
⭐ 手招き [てまねき] #6,973
beckoning
⭐ 召喚 [しょうかん] #8,147
summons
招待状 [しょうたいじょう] #10,546
(written) invitation
招き入れる [まねきいれる] #10,647
to invite in
⭐ 招集 [しょうしゅう] #13,914
call
招待客 [しょうたいきゃく] #18,902
invitee
⭐ 招き [まねき] #31,379
invitation
招き寄せる [まねきよせる] #36,725
to gesture to come closer
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