招 – beckon, invite, summon

8 strokesTaught in grade 5#840 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 招 means beckon, invite, summon, engage. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まね.く (maneku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

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	まね.く	maneku

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 口・刀・扎.

Words using 招

招待しょうたいinvitation招くまねくto invite招きまねきinvitation

Example sentences

ご招待をありがとうございます。

Thank you for your invitation.

Tatoeba #146452

私たちはジェーンとエレンを招くつもりだ。

We are going to invite Jane and Ellen.

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警官は人差し指で僕を招いた。

The policeman beckoned to me with his forefinger.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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