招 (zhāo)
to beckon; to recruit; to provoke
How 招 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 招
- Simplified
- 招 (unchanged)
Common words using 招
- 招呼 zhāohu
- to call out to; to greet; to say hello to
- 招聘 zhāopìn
- recruitment; to invite applications for a job
- 招財 zhāocái
- lit. inviting wealth; We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3])
- 打招呼 dǎzhāohu
- to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
- 招人 zhāorén
- to be infectious; to recruit
- 招來 zhāolái
- to attract; to incur
- 招兵買馬 zhāobīngmǎimǎ
- to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff
- 招募 zhāomù
- to recruit; to enlist
- 招商 zhāoshāng
- to seek investment or funding; investment promotion
- 招展 zhāozhǎn
- to flutter; to sway
- 招式 zhāoshì
- style; manner
- 招待 zhāodài
- to receive (guests); to entertain; reception
招 in a sentence
這家店的招牌菜很好吃。
Zhè jiā diàn de zhāopáicài hěn hǎochī.
“The signature dish of this restaurant is delicious.”
How common is 招?
招 is the 939th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.1% of all running text.
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