Japanese symbol for “convocation”
招集
しょうしゅう
Romaji: shoushuu
call; summons; convening; convocation
In Japanese, convocation is 招集, read しょうしゅう (shoushuu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt call; summons; convening; convocation
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招待 | しょうたい shoutai | invitation |
| 招き | まねき maneki | invitation |
| 招致 | しょうち shouchi | invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics) |
| 招く | まねく maneku | to invite; to ask |
| 手招き | てまねき temaneki | beckoning |
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.