zhāo

to beckon; to recruit; trick

HSK 4 #941

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 941st character
Radical ⼿ (64.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 988

Definitions

招 zhāo
  1. 1. to beckon
  2. 2. to recruit
  3. 3. trick
  4. 4. a move (chess)
  5. 5. a maneuver
  6. 6. to incur
  7. 7. to provoke
  8. 8. to confess
  9. 9. device
  10. 10. to infect
  11. 11. contagious

Stroke order

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招 stroke order animation

Words containing 招

Word Meaning
to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
greeter; usher
to gather together (volunteers); to recruit
fig. conspicuous and inviting criticism
fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
(of a house or room) to be for rent
to recruit new staff; fig. to expand business
to play tricks
job fair; recruitment meeting
guest house; small hotel
to recruit soldiers
to canvass (for customers); to solicit; to recruit
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
to flirt; (fig.) to attract the opposite sex
to recruit talented people; to hire talent
to attract
poster; bill; placard
investment promotion; to seek investment or funding
to flutter; to sway
to confess without being pressed
senior high school enrollment
to fall into sb's trap; to get infected
to put on airs; to adopt a false attitude
to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
Toshodaiji Temple in Nara, Japan