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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)

招人
zhāorén
to be infectious
招生
zhāoshēng
to enroll new students
招租
zhāozū
(of a house or room) to be for rent
招考
zhāokǎo
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
招聘
zhāopìn
recruitment
HSK 4
招诱
zhāoyòu
to invite
支招
zhīzhāo
to give advice
招认
zhāorèn
to confess
招来
zhāolái
to attract
招股
zhāogǔ
share offer
招供
zhāogòng
to confess
招亲
zhāoqīn
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family)
招致
zhāozhì
to recruit (followers)
招兵
zhāobīng
to recruit soldiers
招风
zhāofēng
to catch the wind
招募
zhāomù
to recruit
招呼
zhāohu
to call out to
出招
chūzhāo
to move
招商
zhāoshāng
to seek investment or funding
招领
zhāolǐng
to advertize for the owner of lost property

Metadata

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

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