The kanji 招: meaning, readings and stroke order

招

Meaning: invite
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: まね（く） maneku
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mời, vẫy gọi (chiêu)
Japanese: まねく。よぶ。
Korean: 부르다, 초대하다 (초)
Chinese: 邀请、招手

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

招しょう待たい
invitation, inviting
たん生日に友だちを 招しょう待たいします。
I invite my friends over for my birthday.

まね（く） maneku · kun reading

招まねく
to invite
客を家に 招まねきます。
I invite guests to my home.

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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.