招

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

• 𠶅, 𪶎, 𪸳, 𮀢, 萔, 𢜌, 𭾃

• 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjew): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.

招

1. to beckon; to gesture
2. to recruit; to enlist; to enroll
3. to incite; to incur; to court
4. to cause; to provoke
5. to tease; to flirt with
6. to confess
7. (dialectal) to infect; to be contagious; to be infectious
8. (alt. form 著／着) Classifier for moves or blows (especially in martial arts).
9. (alt. form 著／着) move; step (in chess or Go)
10. (alt. form 著／着) (figuratively) trick; device
11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) target
12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) poster; signboard
13. a surname

• (to beckon):

• (to recruit):

• (to provoke):

• (to tease):

• (to confess):

• (trick):

招

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to raise
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 招木

招

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 韶 (sháo, “ancient music at the time of Emperor Shun”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 招搖／招摇 (sháoyáo)

• “招”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. beckon

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: まねく (maneku, 招く, Jōyō)、まねき (maneki)

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

招(しょう) • (shō) ^{←せう (seu)?}

1. invitation; to invite

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

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招: Hán Nôm readings: chiêu, cheo, gieo, treo, chạo, chắp, chiu, giẹo, reo

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