招

common

ショウ/SHŌ/    まね.く/mane.ku/SHOU/ショウ/    mane.ku/まね.く/

beckon;  invite;  summon;  engage

Radical: 扌 (hand).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 口刀扌.   Pinyin: zhāo.   Hangul: 초 [cho] 교 [gyo].

Jōyō Kanji 5th Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
ショウSHŌ招聘【しょうへいshōhei】(courteous) invitation; to invite (with the utmost courtesy, e.g. an expert or professor to give a lecture)
招請【しょうせいshōsei】calling together; invitation
招集【しょうしゅうshōshū】calling or convening (a meeting, assembly, congress)
まねくmaneku招く【まねくmaneku】to invite; to beckon; to call in; to bring on oneself
手招く【てまねくtemaneku】to beckon
さし招く【さしまねくsashimaneku】to beckon (to)
Codepoints and classification codes:
62db–Unicode
30-23–JIS X 0208
1-3-5–SKIP
3c5.22–TKD
5706.2–Four Corner
1377–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1882–Classic Nelson
2124–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
316–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
236–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
650–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
747–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
679–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
11968–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 191
712–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
455–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
814–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
565–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
735–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
687–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
696–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
3.13–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
874–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
657–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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