招

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

Translingual

Stroke order

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		招

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 招
Warring States
Qin slip script

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

	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 (zhao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chêu

(Hailu, HRS): zhau^ˋ
Jin (Wiktionary): zau¹
Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo¹ / ziao¹
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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhau^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sau¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁴⁴/
- (Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siəu⁵⁴⁴/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ziao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɐu⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaw
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio
  - Tâi-lô: tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioy
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological 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

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	ziu¹

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):

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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):

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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):

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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):

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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):

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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):

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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 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“招”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“招”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“招”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“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., 2026.
“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., 2026.
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “招”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “招”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[3] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“Entry #16682”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “招”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 180.

Japanese

Kanji

招

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

to 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

Kanji in this term
招
しょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

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 Việt readings: chiêu^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
招: Nôm readings: cheo^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7], gieo^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7], chiêu^[1]^[2]^[3]^[7], chiu^[1]^[2]^[3], treo^[1]^[3]^[4], chao^[1], trao^[1], trêu^[1], tréo^[2], trèo^[2], chạo^[3], chắp^[3], giẹo^[3], reo^[3], đèo^[7]

chữ Hán form of chiêu (“move; trick”)
chữ Nôm form of cheo
1. (historical) dowry paid to the bride's village or local community
2. used in cheo leo (“dangerously steep; precariously lofty; frighteningly high”)
chữ Nôm form of chiêu (“(obsolete, of a direction) left”)
- Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (Sutra of Filial Piety); 15th century Vietnamese by unknown translator, 24b
  埋招梗吒埋󰝡梗媄
  Vai chiêu gánh cha, vai đăm gánh mẹ.
  Carry [one's] father on the left shoulder; carry [one's] mother on the right shoulder.
chữ Nôm form of chiu (“used in chắt chiu (“to nurse; to save every amount of; to fondle”)”)
chữ Nôm form of gieo (“to cast; to throw”)
chữ Nôm form of trao (“to pass (to); to hand over (to)”)
chữ Nôm form of treo (“to hang”)
chữ Nôm form of trêu (“to tease, to poke fun”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Hồ (1976).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Bonet (1899).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Génibrel (1898).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 Trần (2004).

[btcn-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Hồ (1976).

[bonet-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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