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招 kanji
beckon, invite, summon, engage
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
まねく
Words with 招
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3招待Popularinvitation
- —招集Popularcall; summons; convening; convocation
- —招致Popularinvitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics); calling
- —招請Popularinvitation
- —招聘(courteous) invitation; call
- —招来invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing; incurring
- —招宴banquet; invitation to a party; party
- —招魂invocation of the spirits of the dead
- —招福good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck
- —招待券complimentary ticket; invitation card; invitation ticket
- —招待状(written) invitation; letter of invitation
- —招待日day or date of an invitation
- —招待客invitee
- —招待席seats reserved for guests
- —招請国inviting country; host nation
- —招婿婚marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage
- —招魂社shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
- —招魂祭memorial service (esp. for war dead)
- —招待講演invited lecture
- —国会招致summons to appear before the Diet