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Kanji Detail for 招 - "invite, beckon, attract"

招

  • Meaning

    招 means "invite, beckon, attract."

    1. Invite - To ask to come; to summon.

    2. Beckon - To signal to approach; to wave.

    3. Attract - To draw toward; to cause.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    beckon; invite; summon; engage

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beckon, summon; recruit, levy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to summon; to recruit; to levy

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Beckoning with hand. Such as 招之卽來, 麾之卽去. | To summon. Making people come to oneself. Now, shop signs are called 招牌. Advertisements are 招貼. All meanings of attracting. | Bringing upon oneself is 招. Such as 招災, 招怨. Confessing guilt is also 招.
  • Onyomitip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomitip

    mane.ku(まね-く) まね-く

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords
    invite beckon summon call attract draw cause bring wave signal reception welcome recruit hire induce provoke incur entertain host gesture

Sentences including 招

  • You may invite whoever you like.

  • I invited jane to dinner.

  • Because he invited me.

  • I've been invited there , too.

  • We're having some guests over this evening.

  • She asked us to dinner.

  • He invited me to his house.

  • Yesterday , i was invited to dinner by him.

  • She invited tom and me to the party.

  • I wonder who to invite.

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