招(zhāo)

HSK 48 strokes

to recruit

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Character information

Pinyin
zhāo
Meaning
to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 招 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌召

A call 召 to arms 扌; 召 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

扌shǒu召zhào

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 招 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 招

Common words using 招 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhāo招hū呼
HSK 4

to call out to

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dǎ打zhāo招hū呼
HSK 7-9

to greet sb by word or action

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zhāo招mù募
HSK 7-9

to recruit

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zhāo招dài待
HSK 7-9

to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)

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zhāo招dài待huì会
HSK 7-9

a reception

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zhōng中zhāo招

senior high school enrollment

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chū出zhāo招

to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)

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miào妙zhāo招

smart move; clever way of doing sth

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 招’s common words

呼打募待会中出妙

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