招(zhāo): to recruit

HSK 48 strokes

to recruit

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呼手生聘募待揽收

Character informationHSK 4

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 & structureWhere 招 comes from

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.

Words with 招

zhāo招hū呼

HSK 4

to call out to

zhāo招shǒu手

HSK 5

to wave

zhāo招shēng生

HSK 5

to enroll new students

zhāo招pìn聘

HSK 6

to invite applications for a job

zhāo招mù募

HSK 7-9

to recruit

zhāo招dài待

HSK 7-9

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

zhāo招lǎn揽

HSK 7-9

to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)

zhāo招shōu收

HSK 7-9

to hire

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