招 (beckon, engage, invite, summon) - Kanji Codex

招

beckon, engage, invite, summon

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

まね.く

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:8

JLPT:3

Frequency:840

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
招集	ショウシュウ	call; summons; convening; convocation
招待	ショウタイ	invitation
招致	ショウチ	invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics); calling
招請	ショウセイ	invitation
招喚	ショウカン	summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
招き	まねき	invitation
招く	まねく	to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in
招待	しょうだい	invitation
招請	しょうじょう	invitation
招請	ちょうしょう	invitation

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