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招 = 召 + 扌

招 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “beckon”. It is built from 召 (seduce) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 702.

Keyword
beckon
RTK frame
702
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まね.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
манить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
招 beckon

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 召 seduce
  2. 扌 finger

How to find 招 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “seduce” + “finger”. 招 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 招 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.