# 招

| 招 | U+62DB, &#25307; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62DB |
| ← 拚 [U+62DA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 拜 → [U+62DC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

招 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手尸竹口 (QSHR), four-corner 5706$_2$, 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 招
* Warring States
* Qin slip script
| | 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 / 形声, OC *tjew): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhāo (zhao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chêu
* Jin (Wiktionary): zau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiau / chio
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zio$^1$ / ziê$^1$ / ziao$^1$ / ziou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
*** Wade–Giles: chao$^1$
*** Yale: jāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
*** Palladius: чжао (čžao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (招兒 / 招儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhāor
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhaor
*** Wade–Giles: chao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jāur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaul
*** Palladius: чжаор (čžaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
* zhāor - “move, step; trick, device; poster, signboard”.
* Middle Chinese: tsyew
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 |
| Baxter | tsyew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ciaw/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ziu$^1$ |
* 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
* (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 (wat$^6$ sau$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 擛手 (Hokkien)
* 擺手 / 摆手 (bǎishǒu)
* 𣚕手 (jaap$^3$ sau$^2$) (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

* 不打自招 (bùdǎzìzhāo)
* 不招
* 中招
* 供招
* 俛首自招 / 俯首自招
* 假招子
* 出招 (chūzhāo)
* 坐產招夫 / 坐产招夫
* 多方招撫 / 多方招抚
* 多言招悔
* 大事招搖 / 大事招摇
* 大學聯招 / 大学联招
* 大招 (dàzhāo)
* 大招寺
* 奇招
* 套招
* 女招的
* 妙招 (miàozhāo)
* 屈打成招 (qūdǎchéngzhāo)
* 屈招
* 屢出新招 / 屡出新招
* 市招
* 布招兒 / 布招儿
* 弓招
* 從實招來 / 从实招来 (cóngshízhāolái)
* 徵招 / 征招
* 惹事招非
* 惹是招非
* 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
* 惹罪招愆
* 成招
* 打招
* 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
* 招事
* 招亡納叛 / 招亡纳叛
* 招人
* 招人物議 / 招人物议
* 招伏
* 招供 (zhāogòng)
* 招兒 / 招儿 (zhāor)
* 招兵 (zhāobīng)
* 招兵買馬 / 招兵买马 (zhāobīngmǎimǎ)
* 招出
* 招募 (zhāomù)
* 招咎
* 招呼 (zhāohū)
* 招呼站
* 招商局
* 招商店
* 招喚 / 招唤
* 招女婿
* 招嫁
* 招子 (zhāozi)
* 招安 (zhāo'ān)
* 招對 / 招对
* 招展 (zhāozhǎn)
* 招帖
* 招式 (zhāoshì)
* 招引 (zhāoyǐn)
* 招待 (zhāodài)
* 招待券
* 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
* 招徠 / 招徕 (zhāolái)
* 招復 / 招复
* 招怨
* 招惹 (zhāorě)
* 招懷 / 招怀
* 招手 (zhāoshǒu)
* 招打
* 招承
* 拆招
* 招招
* 招招手
* 招提 (zhāotí)
* 招搖 / 招摇
* 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)
* 招收 (zhāoshōu)
* 招數 / 招数 (zhāoshù)
* 招文袋
* 招是惹非
* 招是攬非 / 招是揽非
* 招架 (zhāojià)
* 招架不住 (zhāojià bùzhù)
* 招標 / 招标 (zhāobiāo)
* 招權納賄 / 招权纳贿
* 招權納賂 / 招权纳赂
* 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
* 招牌 (zhāopái)
* 招牌菜 (zhāopáicài)
* 招狀 / 招状
* 招生 (zhāoshēng)
* 招生簡章 / 招生简章
* 招盤 / 招盘
* 招眼
* 招瞪
* 招票
* 招禍 / 招祸
* 招租 (zhāozū)
* 招笑兒 / 招笑儿
* 招紙 / 招纸
* 招納 / 招纳 (zhāonà)
* 招羅 / 招罗
* 招考 (zhāokǎo)
* 招聘 (zhāopìn)
* 招聲 / 招声
* 招股 (zhāogǔ)
* 招致 (zhāozhì)
* 招花惹草
* 招蜂引蝶
* 招親 / 招亲 (zhāoqīn)
* 招解
* 招說 / 招说
* 招認 / 招认 (zhāorèn)
* 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
* 招邀
* 招門納婿 / 招门纳婿
* 招降 (zhāoxiáng)
* 招降納叛 / 招降纳叛
* 招降納順 / 招降纳顺 (zhāoxiángnàshùn)
* 招隱 / 招隐
* 招集 (zhāojí)
* 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 (zhāofēng'ěr)
* 招颭 / 招飐 (zhāozhǎn)
* 招駙馬 / 招驸马
* 招魂 (zhāohún)
* 招魂旛
* 挖耳當招 / 挖耳当招
* 接招
* 掛招牌 / 挂招牌
* 揚幡招魂 / 扬幡招魂
* 新招牌
* 樹大招風 / 树大招风 (shùdàzhāofēng)
* 樹高招風 / 树高招风
* 毒招
* 比武招親 / 比武招亲
* 狠招
* 玩花招
* 目挑心招
* 砸招牌
* 納士招賢 / 纳士招贤
* 絕招 / 绝招 (juézhāo)
* 翻招
* 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
* 聯招 / 联招 (liánzhāo)
* 聯招會 / 联招会
* 花招 (huāzhāo)
* 花招百出
* 花枝招展 (huāzhīzhāozhǎn)
* 花枝招颭 / 花枝招飐
* 虛晃一招 / 虚晃一招
* 角招
* 買馬招軍 / 买马招军
* 過招 / 过招 (guòzhāo)
* 金字招牌 (jīnzì zhāopái)
* 難以招架 / 难以招架
* 高招 (gāozhāo)
* 鬼花招

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiao$^2$
*** Yale: chyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
*** Palladius: цяо (cjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /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 (shao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sháo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^2$
*** Yale: sháu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade 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)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 招
* しょう Grade: 5
* on'yomi
* IPA: [ɕo̞ː]

### Affix

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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