招

招	U+62DB, 招 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62DB

← 拚
[U+62DA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

拜 →
[U+62DC]

Translingual

Stroke order

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: 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

simp. and trad.		招

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 招
Warring States
Qin slip script

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
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, OC *tjew) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāo (zhao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chêu
Jin (Wiktionary): zau¹
Min Dong (BUC): ciĕu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chiau / chio
(Teochew, Peng'im): zio¹ / ziê¹ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tsau (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹
  - Yale: jāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (招兒／招儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāor
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaor
  - Wade–Giles: chaorh¹
  - Yale: jāur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaul
  - Palladius: чжаор (čžaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/

Note:

zhāor - “move, step; trick, device; poster, signboard”.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹
  - Yale: jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sau¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio
  - Tâi-lô: tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioy
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/

Note:

chiau - literary;
chio - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zio¹ / ziê¹ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsio / tsie / tsiau / tsiou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡sie³³/, /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/

Note:

zio1/ziê1 - vernacular (ziê1 - Chaozhou);
ziao1/ziou1 - literary (ziou1 - Chaozhou).

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsau (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇu/

Rime
Character	招
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	止遙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciaw/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛu/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	招
Reading #	1/1
No.	2128
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	昭
Old Chinese	/*tjew/

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):

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招手 (zhāoshǒu)
搰手 (Cantonese)

擛手 (Min Nan)
𣚕手 (Cantonese)

揮手／挥手 (huīshǒu)
擺手／摆手 (bǎishǒu)

(to recruit):

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招募 (zhāomù)
招工 (zhāogōng) (to recruit workers)

招收 (zhāoshōu)
招考 (zhāokǎo) (to admit by examination)

招聘 (zhāopìn) (to advertise a position)
招納／招纳 (zhāonà)

(to provoke):

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引起 (yǐnqǐ)
招惹 (zhāorě)
滋生 (zīshēng)

喚起／唤起 (huànqǐ)
導發／导发 (dǎofā)
引發／引发 (yǐnfā)

挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
掀動／掀动 (xiāndòng)
觸發／触发 (chùfā)

(to tease):

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引逗 (yǐndòu)
打趣 (dǎqù)
打逗 (dǎdòu)

招惹 (zhāorě)
挑逗 (tiǎodòu)
逗弄 (dòunong)

逗引 (dòuyǐn)
逗趣 (dòuqù)
撩撥／撩拨 (liáobō)

(to confess):

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交代 (jiāodài)
坦白 (tǎnbái)
招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes)

自供 (zìgòng)
自白 (zìbái)
供認／供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes)

承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
招認／招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)

(trick):

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Synonyms of 招

攻略 (gōnglüè)
策略 (cèlüè)
圖謀／图谋 (túmóu)
心機／心机 (xīnjī)

機謀／机谋 (jīmóu) (formal)
機關／机关 (jīguān)
計策／计策 (jìcè)

計謀／计谋 (jìmóu)
謀略／谋略 (móulüè)
鈐／钤 (qián) (literary, or in compounds)

Compounds

Derived terms from 招

不打自招 (bùdǎzìzhāo)
不招
中招 (zhòngzhāo)
供招
假招子
出招 (chūzhāo)
多言招悔
大招 (dàzhāo)
大招寺
奇招
套招
女招的
妙招 (miàozhāo)
屈打成招 (qūdǎchéngzhāo)
屈招
市招
弓招
惹事招非
惹是招非
惹罪招愆
成招
打招
打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
拆招
招事
招人
招伏
招供 (zhāogòng)
招兵 (zhāobīng)
招出
招募 (zhāomù)
招呼 (zhāohū)
招呼站
招咎
招商局
招商店
招女婿 (zhāo nǚxu)
招嫁
招子 (zhāozi)
招安 (zhāo'ān)
招展 (zhāozhǎn)
招帖
招式 (zhāoshì)
招引 (zhāoyǐn)
招待 (zhāodài)
招待券
招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
招怨
招惹 (zhāorě)
招手 (zhāoshǒu)
招打
招承
招招
招招手
招提 (zhāotí)
招收 (zhāoshōu)
招文袋
招是惹非
招架 (zhāojià)
招架不住 (zhāojià bùzhù)
招牌 (zhāopái)
招牌菜 (zhāopáicài)

招生 (zhāoshēng)
招眼
招瞪
招票
招租 (zhāozū)
招考 (zhāokǎo)
招聘 (zhāopìn)
招股 (zhāogǔ)
招致 (zhāozhì)
招花惹草
招蜂引蝶
招解
招邀
招降 (zhāoxiáng)
招集 (zhāojí)
招魂 (zhāohún)
招魂旛
接招
新招牌
毒招
狠招
玩花招
目挑心招
砸招牌
翻招
耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
花招 (huāzhāo)
花招百出
花枝招展 (huāzhīzhāozhǎn)
角招
金字招牌 (jīnzì zhāopái)
高招 (gāozhāo)
鬼花招
俛首自招／俯首自招
坐產招夫／坐产招夫
多方招撫／多方招抚
大事招搖／大事招摇
大學聯招／大学联招
屢出新招／屡出新招
布招兒／布招儿
從實招來／从实招来
徵招／征招
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
招亡納叛／招亡纳叛
招人物議／招人物议
招兒／招儿 (zhāor)
招兵買馬／招兵买马 (zhāobīngmǎimǎ)
招喚／招唤
招對／招对
招徠／招徕 (zhāolái)
招復／招复
招懷／招怀
招搖／招摇 (zhāoyáo)
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)
招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
招是攬非／招是揽非

招標／招标 (zhāobiāo)
招權納賂／招权纳赂
招權納賄／招权纳贿
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
招狀／招状
招生簡章／招生简章
招盤／招盘
招禍／招祸
招笑兒／招笑儿
招納／招纳 (zhāonà)
招紙／招纸
招羅／招罗
招聲／招声
招親／招亲 (zhāoqīn)
招認／招认 (zhāorèn)
招說／招说
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
招門納婿／招门纳婿
招降納叛／招降纳叛
招降納順／招降纳顺 (zhāoxiángnàshùn)
招隱／招隐
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
挖耳當招／挖耳当招
掛招牌／挂招牌
揚幡招魂／扬幡招魂
樹大招風／树大招风 (shùdàzhāofēng)
樹高招風／树高招风
比武招親／比武招亲
納士招賢／纳士招贤
絕招／绝招 (juézhāo)
聯招／联招 (liánzhāo)
聯招會／联招会
花枝招颭／花枝招飐
虛晃一招／虚晃一招
買馬招軍／买马招军
過招／过招
難以招架／难以招架

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
  - Yale: chyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

招

^† to raise
^† Used in 招木.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sháo (shao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
  - Wade–Giles: shao²
  - Yale: sháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
  - Palladius: шао (šao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/

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 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

招

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

beckon

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
Kun: まねく (maneku, 招く, Jōyō); まねき (maneki)

Compounds

招来(しょうらい) (shōrai)

Affix

Kanji in this term
招
しょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

招(しょう) • (shō)

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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