漢字道KANJIDOβ

召 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
4Junior high level ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
め.すme.su
Meaning
summon; call

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With 口 "mouth": to call someone to oneself — to summon.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō召喚しょうかん国会の召集こっかいのしょうしゅう
Kunめすmesu召すめす召し上がるめしあがる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 召集しょうしゅう

    convocation

  • 召し上がるめしあがる

    to eat (respectful)

More words with this kanji

  • 召喚しょうかん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

会議(かいぎ)に委員(いいん)を召集(しょうしゅう)した。

The members were convened for the meeting.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

召し上がる召集召上up集gather吐spit叫shout含contai…吹blow咲bloom床floor沼marsh姓surnam…称name紹introd…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 口Map of reading ショウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Quiz