The kanji 召: meaning, readings and stroke order

召

Meaning: summon, wear (politely)
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: め（す） mesu
Strokes: 5
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gọi đến, mặc (kính ngữ) (triệu)
Japanese: よびよせる。めす。
Korean: 부르다, 입으시다 (소)
Chinese: 召集、穿（敬语）

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

召しょう集しゅう
calling together (to a meeting)
会議に 召しょう集しゅうされました。
They were called to a meeting.

め（す） mesu · kun reading · less common

召めす
to wear (polite way to say it)
きれいな着物をお召めしになっています。
She is wearing a beautiful kimono.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.