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招
zhāo
1. to recruit
2. to provoke
3. to beckon
4. to incur
5. to infect
6. contagious
7. a move (chess)
8. a maneuver
9. device
10. trick
11. to confess
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

招
zhāo
to summon; to recruit; to levy
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

中招
zhòngzhāo
to get infected
出招
chūzhāo
to move
招人
zhāorén
to be infectious
招来
zhāolái
to attract
招供
zhāogòng
to confess
招兵
zhāobīng
to recruit soldiers
招募
zhāomù
to recruit
招呼
zhāohu
to call out to
招商
zhāoshāng
to seek investment or funding
招唤
zhāohuàn
to call
招安
zhāoān
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
招展
zhāozhǎn
to flutter
招式
zhāoshì
style
招引
zhāoyǐn
to attract
招待
zhāodài
to receive (guests)
HSK 5
招徕
zhāolái
to canvass (for customers)
招怨
zhāoyuàn
to arouse animosity
招惹
zhāorě
to provoke
招手
zhāoshǒu
to wave
招接
zhāojiē
to receive (guests, clients)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
940
Word Frequency Rank
1,841 of 84,292

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