招
to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #683 U+62DB
How 招 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A call 召 to arms 扌; 召 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
beckon · Heisig RSH #592
fingers + 召 summon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 招
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不打自招 | bù dǎ zì zhāo | to confess without being pressed; to make a confession without duress |
| 树大招风 | shù dà zhāo fēng | lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom); fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticis… |
| 统一招生 | tǒng yī zhāo shēng | national unified entrance exam |
| 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 | Pǔ tōng Gāo děng Xué xiào Zhāo shēng Quán guó Tǒng yī Kǎo shì | NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC); usually abbr. … |
| 招生官 | zhāo shēng guān | admissions officer; enrollment officer; college recruiter |
| 招人 | zhāo rén | to recruit; to hire people |
| 中招 | zhōng zhāo | senior high school enrollment |
| 中招 | zhòng zhāo | (martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down; (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer … |
| 招生 | zhāo shēng | to enroll new students; to get students |
| 招远市 | Zhāo yuǎn Shì | Zhaoyuan, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 花招 | huā zhāo | trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish |
| 招安 | zhāo ān | to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty |
| 招手 | zhāo shǒu | to wave; to beckon |
| 高招 | gāo zhāo | wise move; masterstroke; bright ideas |
| 招法 | zhāo fǎ | move (in chess or martial arts) |
| 招风耳 | zhāo fēng ěr | jug ears |
| 出招 | chū zhāo | to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively) |
| 招数 | zhāo shù | move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 著數|着数… |
| 招风 | zhāo fēng | to catch the wind; (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence |
| 招牌动作 | zhāo pái dòng zuò | signature move |