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    3. 招

    招

    招まね.く

    beckon

    N3KMT7Freq #840Core ConceptsKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    まね.く

    On'yomi

    ショウ

    beckoninvitesummonengage

    扌召

    扌
    手
    刀
    口

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

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    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    招待

    invitation

    招致

    invitation

    招き

    invitation

    招集

    call

    招く

    to invite

    招請

    invitation

    手招く

    to beckon

    招じ入れる

    to invite in

    招き入れる

    to invite in

    招木

    part of a loom

    招来

    invitation

    招待日

    day or date of an invitation

    招待状

    (written) invitation

    招待にあずかる

    to receive an invitation

    招へい理由書

    invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)

    差し招く

    to beckon (to)

    国会招致

    summons to appear before the Diet

    招待席

    seats reserved for guests

    招請国

    inviting country

    招かれざる客

    uninvited guest

    招福

    good luck charm

    招待券

    complimentary ticket

    招待客

    invitee

    招致委員会

    bid committee

    手招き

    beckoning

    参考人招致

    requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

    開運招福

    bringing luck and good fortune

    招き寄せる

    to gesture to come closer

    招待演説者

    guest speaker

    招待講演

    invited lecture

    招待講演者

    invited speaker

    災いを招く

    to bring calamity upon oneself

    満は損を招く

    every flow has its ebb

    招魂社

    shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead

    潮招き

    fiddler crab (esp. species Uca arcuata)

    不招請勧誘

    unsolicited promotion

    招宴

    banquet

    招き猫

    beckoning cat

    招魂

    invocation of the spirits of the dead

    白扇潮招

    milky fiddler crab (Austruca lactea)

    招婿婚

    marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family

    招魂祭

    memorial service (esp. for war dead)

    招聘

    (courteous) invitation

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 刀
    • 口
    • 扌
    • 手

    is_used_in

    • 手招き
    • 手招く
    • 招き
    • 招き猫
    • 招く
    • 招集
    • 招待
    • 招待券
    • 招待状
    • 招致
    • 招聘
    • 招請
    • 招来
    • 招宴
    • 招待日
    • 招待客
    • 招待席
    • 招魂
    • 招請国
    • 招じ入れる
    • 差し招く
    • 招待にあずかる
    • 災いを招く
    • 潮招き
    • 招致委員会
    • 招き入れる
    • 招福
    • 参考人招致
    • 招へい理由書
    • 招かれざる客
    • 招待講演
    • 招待講演者
    • 招木
    • 招待演説者
    • 不招請勧誘
    • 招婿婚
    • 招き寄せる
    • 招魂社
    • 招魂祭
    • 満は損を招く
    • 国会招致
    • 白扇潮招
    • 開運招福

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    • 拮
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