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

招

  • Meaning

    招 means "to invite, to beckon." Also associated with to attract.

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

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

    3. Attract - To draw toward; to cause.

  • Words using 招

    • 招致 しょうち Listen invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics)
    • 招き まねき Listen invitation
    • 招集 しょうしゅう Listen call; summons; convening
    • 招請 しょうせい Listen invitation
    • 招く まねく Listen to invite; to ask; to beckon

  • Four-character idioms with 招

    • 開運招福 かいうんしょうふく Listen bringing luck and good fortune

  • Tattoo check: 招

    • Verified meaning: to invite, to beckon
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, かつえ, かつなり, かつのり)
    • Also carries these associations: to attract

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 招

    Surnames 招(あきら)Listen 招(かつえ)Listen 招(かつなり)Listen 招(かつのり)Listen 招(まねき)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mane.ku(まね-く) まね-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to invite to beckon to attract greet summon call draw entice gesture lure motion signal bid request

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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