beckon
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招 is an 8 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zhāo in the first tone.
2 stories have been written about this character — see all
beckon definition - to signal to someone to come towards you. So, if someone moves their hand 扌in order to summon 召 you, they have just beckoned you 招
by Poluo
I wave my HAND, <beckon>ing her to *cross* the street and join us, but once she's SUMMONed over, her verbal [jou]sting annoys us.
by vms5q
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 招
Definitions for 招 pronounced as zhāo
- to recruit
- to provoke
- to beckon
- to incur
- to infect
- contagious
- a move (chess)
- a maneuver
- device
- trick
- to confess
Vocabulary
The most common words for 招 — see all
- to call out to
- to greet
- to say hello to
- to inform
- to take care of
- to take care that one does not
- lit. inviting wealth
- We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3])
- to invite applications for a job
- to recruit
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