招 — Chinese character
招
zhāo
to summon; to recruit; to levy
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 召
- Formation
- ideographic — A call 召 to arms 扌; 召 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 招 as a kanji
Common words with 招
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招生 | zhāo shēng | to enroll new students; to get students |
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | to invite applications for a job; to recruit |
| 招标 (招標) | zhāo biāo | to invite bids |
| 招募 | zhāo mù | to recruit; to enlist |
| 招收 | zhāo shōu | to hire; to recruit |
| 招待 | zhāo dài | to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) |
| 打招呼 | dǎ zhāo hu | to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice |
| 招呼 | zhāo hu | to call out to; to greet |
| 招商 | zhāo shāng | to seek investment or funding; investment promotion |
| 招牌 | zhāo pai | signboard; shop sign |
| 招致 | zhāo zhì | to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc) |
| 招来 (招來) | zhāo lái | to attract; to incur |
English words written with 招
招 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 15 · Zhuangzi 3
- Mencius 1B.4
- Mencius 3B.1
- Mencius 5B.7
- Mencius 7B.26
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.