Moto 招: Beckon; Invite; SummonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- まね(く)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 50 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショウ)
- 招待しょうたいinvitation
- 招致しょうちinvitation; summons
- 招集しょうしゅうcall; summons
- 招請しょうせいinvitation
- 招聘しょうへい(courteous) invitation; call
- 不招請勧誘ふしょうせいかんゆうunsolicited promotion
- 参考人招致さんこうにんしょうちrequesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)
- 招じるしょうじるto invite; to show (someone) in
- 招じ入れるしょうじいれるto invite in; to usher in
- 招ずるしょうずるto invite; to show (someone) in
- 招へいしょうへい(courteous) invitation; call
- 招へい理由書しょうへいりゆうしょinvitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
- 招婿婚しょうせいこんmarriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage
- 招宴しょうえんbanquet; invitation to a party
- 招待にあずかるしょうたいにあずかるto receive an invitation
- 招待に与るしょうたいにあずかるto receive an invitation
- 招待券しょうたいけんcomplimentary ticket; invitation card
- 招待客しょうたいきゃくinvitee
- 招待席しょうたいせきseats reserved for guests
- 招待日しょうたいびday or date of an invitation
- 招待演説者しょうたいえんぜつしゃguest speaker
- 招待状しょうたいじょうwritten invitation
- 招待講演しょうたいこうえんinvited lecture
- 招待講演者しょうたいこうえんしゃinvited speaker; guest speaker at
- 招来しょうらいinvitation; bringing over
- 招福しょうふくgood luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck
- 招聘理由書しょうへいりゆうしょinvitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
- 招致委員会しょうちいいんかいbid committee
- 招請国しょうせいこくinviting country; host nation
- 招魂しょうこんinvocation of the dead
- 招魂社しょうこんしゃshrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
- 招魂祭しょうこんさいmemorial service (esp. for war dead)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 招きまねきinvitation
- 手招きてまねきbeckoning
- 招くまねくto invite; to ask
- さし招くさしまねくto beckon (to)
- 差し招くさしまねくto beckon (to)
- 手招くてまねくto beckon
- 招かれざる客まねかれざるきゃくuninvited guest
- 招きよせるまねきよせるto gesture to come closer; to beckon
- 招き入れるまねきいれるto invite in; to show someone in
- 招き寄せるまねきよせるto gesture to come closer; to beckon
- 招き猫まねきねこbeckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
- 招木まねきpart of a loom
- 満は損を招くまんはそんをまねくevery flow has its ebb
- 潮招きしおまねきfiddler crab (esp. species Uca arcuata)
- 災いを招くわざわいをまねくto bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster
Other readings
- 差招くさしまねくto beckon (to)
- 招ぶよぶto call out (to); to call
- 潮招しおまねきfiddler crab (esp. species Uca arcuata)
Kanji that often appear with 招
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