Chinese Character 招 Meanings and components.

Form

招

Meaning

招 meaning[3] in English

To Recruit.

To Provoke.

To Beckon.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 招 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Shao (召)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QSHR

How to write 招

To write招zhao1to recruit you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 召zhao4surname Shao arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 召 = 招

招 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 招 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 招, looks as follow:

招
Pinyin:zhao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Recruit . To Provoke . To Beckon . To Incur . To Infect . Contagious . A Move (Chess) . A Maneuver . Device . Trick . To Confess
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
召
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shao . Name Of An Ancient State That Existed In What Is Now Shaanxi Province
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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