召 – seduce, call, send for

5 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1540 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 召 means seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is め.す (mesu). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	め.す	mesu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・刀.

Words using 召

召し上がるめしあがるto eat召すめすto call

Example sentences

ここで召し上がりますか、それともお持ち帰りですか。

Is this to eat here, or to go?

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洒落たお帽子をお召しになっていらっしゃいますね。

That's a stylish hat you are wearing.

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お風呂をお召しください。

Please take a bath.

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Kanji with the same radical

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