招

zhāo

HSK 6freq #1522

Meanings

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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

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Wiktionary

1.to beckon; to gesture
2.to recruit; to enlist; to enroll
3.to incite; to incur; to court
4.to cause; to provoke
5.to tease; to flirt with
6.to confess
7.to infect; to be contagious; to be infectious
8.Classifier for moves or blows (especially in martial arts).
9.move; step (in chess or Go)
10.(figuratively) trick; device
11.target
12.poster; signboard
13.a surname
14.to raise
15.used in 招木
16.used in 招搖／招摇 (sháoyáo)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjew): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.

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Stroke order

Components

招扌召

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Example sentences

她上飞机前，给我招了招手。
She waved at me before she got on board the plane.

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Related words

招呼 to call out to 招聘 to invite applications for a job 招待 to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)招募 to recruit 招牌 signboard 招生 to enroll new students 招数 move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)招手 to wave 招收 to hire 招标 to invite bids 绝招 unique skill 招揽 to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)