Chinese symbol for “incur”
招
zhāo
to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incur is 招 (zhāo), defined as: to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incur”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招致 | zhāo zhì | to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc) |
| 招来 (招來) | zhāo lái | to attract; to incur |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incur”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.