招

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhāo, qiáo, sháo
Cantonese: ziu1
JapaneseKun: MANEKU MANEKI
JapaneseOn: SHOU KYOU
Korean: CHO KYO
Vietnamese: chiêu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: beckon, summon; recruit, levy

CE-Dict: to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to incur/to infect/contagious/a move (chess)/a maneuver/device/trick/to confess

Soothill: Call, beckon, notify, cause; confess.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to beckon
2.to recruit; to enlist
3.to attract
4.to tease (a child)
5.[Informal] to confess

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: attract; beckon; confess; enlist; recruit; tease; trick
【法】 enlist

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: attract; beckon; confess; enlist; recruit; tease; trick

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》招手呼也。从手、召。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】招
【唐韻】止遙切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】之遙切，𠀤音昭。【說文】手呼也。【詩·邶風】招招舟子。【傳】招招，號召之貌。【疏】號召必手招之。王逸云：以手曰招，以口曰召也。　又【廣韻】來之也。【書·說命】旁招俊乂。　又求也。【前漢·季布傳】辨士曹丘生數招權顧金錢。【註】招求貴人威權，因以請託也。　又𦊰也。【孟子】旣入其苙，又從而招之。【註】招，羈其足也。　又姓。漢大鴻臚招猛。　又【集韻】【韻會】時饒切【正韻】時昭切，𠀤音韶。【前漢·禮樂志】體招搖，若永望。【註】招搖，申動貌。　又與韶㲈通。【史記·帝舜紀】禹乃興九招之樂。【註】卽舜樂，簫韶九成，故曰九招。【左傳·昭十二年】祭公謀父作祈招之詩。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤祁堯切，音翹。舉也。【周語】好盡言以招人過。【前漢·𨻰項傳贊】招八州而朝同列。　又揭也。【莊子·騈拇篇】有虞氏招仁義以撓天下。　又叶之笑切，音照。【蔡邕·郭有道𥓓】赫赫三事，幾行其招。委辭召貢，保此淸妙。　又叶之由切。音周。【韓愈·祭𥠇員外文】於後八年，君從杜侯。我時在洛，亦應其招。

Buddhism words and phrases invite

CF-Dict: appeler/faire signe de la main/recruter/enrôler/provoquer/attirer/avouer/reconnaître/ enseigne/ruse/moyen

Han-De-Dict: winken, einstellen, zu sich ziehen (u.E.) (V)