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招

zhāo

to summon; to recruit; to levy

💡 Ideographic: A call 召 to arms 扌; 召 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 4 8 strokes Very Common (9%)

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Component Breakdown

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imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon

⿰扌召 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

zhào

召

imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 刀 provides pronunciation

5 strokes HSK 5

dāo

刀

knife; old coin; measure

2 strokes HSK 4

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 招 (100)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

打招呼 ↗

dǎzhāohu

to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice

dǎzhāohu

打招呼 ↗

HSK 4

to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice

招聘 ↗

zhāopìn

recruitment / to invite applications for a job

zhāopìn

招聘 ↗

HSK 4

recruitment / to invite applications for a job

招待 ↗

zhāodài

to receive (guests) / to entertain / reception

zhāodài

招待 ↗

HSK 5

to receive (guests) / to entertain / reception

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

zhāo

招 ↗

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

招呼 ↗

zhāohu

to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not

zhāohu

招呼 ↗

to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not

招牌 ↗

zhāopai

signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business

zhāopai

招牌 ↗

signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business

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