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

← 拚
[U+62DA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

拜 →
[U+62DC]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

𠶅, 𪶎, 𪸳, 𮀢, 萔, 𢜌, 𭾃

References

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

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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, 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
Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiau / chio

(Teochew, Peng'im): zio¹ / ziê¹ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsau

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: chao¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: jāur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaul
  - Palladius: чжаор (čžaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/

Note:

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

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ziu¹
  - Yale: jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sau¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio
  - Tâi-lô: tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴/

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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsau
  - MiniDict: tsau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsyew

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Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjew/

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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
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) target
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) poster; signboard
a surname

Synonyms

(to beckon):

招手 (zhāoshǒu)
揮手 / 挥手 (huīshǒu)
搰手 (wat⁶ sau²) (Cantonese)
擛手 (Hokkien)
擺手 / 摆手 (bǎishǒu)
𣚕手 (jaap³ sau²) (Cantonese)

(to recruit):

徵聘 / 征聘 (zhēngpìn)
招募 (zhāomù)
招工 (zhāogōng) (to recruit workers)
招收 (zhāoshōu)
招納 / 招纳 (zhāonà)
招考 (zhāokǎo) (to admit by examination)
招聘 (zhāopìn) (to advertise a position)

(to provoke):

喚起 / 唤起 (huànqǐ)
導發 / 导发 (dǎofā)
引發 / 引发 (yǐnfā)
引起 (yǐnqǐ)
招惹 (zhāorě)
挑動 / 挑动 (tiǎodòng)
掀動 / 掀动 (xiāndòng)
滋生 (zīshēng)
觸發 / 触发 (chùfā)

(to tease):

嘀厾 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
引逗 (yǐndòu)
打趣 (dǎqù)
打逗 (dǎdòu)
招惹 (zhāorě)
挑逗 (tiǎodòu)
撩撥 / 撩拨 (liáobō)
逗弄
逗引 (dòuyǐn)
逗趣 (dòuqù)

(to confess):

交代 (jiāodài)
供認 / 供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes)
坦白 (tǎnbái)
承認 / 承认 (chéngrèn)
招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes)
招認 / 招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)
自供 (zìgòng)
自白 (zìbái)

(trick):

圖謀 / 图谋 (túmóu)
心機 / 心机 (xīnjī)
攻略 (gōnglüè)
機謀 / 机谋 (jīmóu) (formal)
機關 / 机关 (jīguān)
策略 (cèlüè)
計策 / 计策 (jìcè)
計謀 / 计谋 (jìmóu)
謀略 / 谋略 (móulüè)
鈐 / 钤 (qián) (literary, or in compounds)

Compounds

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): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

招

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to raise
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

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

References

“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.

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Japanese

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 招

招

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

beckon

Readings

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)

Compounds

招来(しょうらい) (shōrai)
招待(しょうたい) (shōtai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 招 (MC tsyew).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Affix

招(しょう) • (shō) ^{←せう (seu)^?}

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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