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招 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
まね(く)mane(ku)
Meaning
to invite; beckon

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" plus 召 "to summon"; waving someone over — hence "to invite, beckon."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō招待しょうたい招致しょうち招請しょうせい
Kunまねくmaneku招くまねく招きまねき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 招待しょうたい

    invitation

  • 招集しょうしゅう

    convocation; calling together

More words with this kanji

  • 招致しょうち
  • 招聘しょうへい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)だちを家(いえ)に招(まね)いた。

I invited my friend to my house.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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