Read Edit View history Discussion 招 zhāoqiáosháo HSK4 beckon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 招 Simp strokes 招 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 招 Simp strokes 招 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 招 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 139, 516 ], [ 216, 519 ], [ 365, 568 ], [ 420, 573 ] ], [ [ 292, 818 ], [ 317, 802 ], [ 336, 778 ], [ 323, 456 ], [ 324, 121 ], [ 317, 91 ], [ 302, 63 ], [ 276, 70 ], [ 193, 111 ] ], [ [ 74, 240 ], [ 120, 235 ], [ 236, 323 ], [ 401, 436 ] ], [ [ 478, 627 ], [ 519, 619 ], [ 536, 622 ], [ 782, 682 ], [ 798, 682 ], [ 826, 659 ], [ 804, 522 ], [ 793, 482 ], [ 765, 423 ], [ 732, 395 ], [ 644, 442 ] ], [ [ 581, 604 ], [ 598, 590 ], [ 608, 565 ], [ 572, 487 ], [ 517, 401 ], [ 468, 339 ], [ 407, 287 ] ], [ [ 466, 265 ], [ 490, 245 ], [ 503, 222 ], [ 540, 0 ] ], [ [ 520, 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"M 555 54 Q 562 54 570 55 Q 649 73 823 88 Q 833 89 835 98 Q 835 107 805 127 C 790 137 774 133 745 127 Q 637 103 551 89 C 521 84 525 53 555 54 Z" ] } 8 strokes 招 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 139, 516 ], [ 216, 519 ], [ 365, 568 ], [ 420, 573 ] ], [ [ 292, 818 ], [ 317, 802 ], [ 336, 778 ], [ 323, 456 ], [ 324, 121 ], [ 317, 91 ], [ 302, 63 ], [ 276, 70 ], [ 193, 111 ] ], [ [ 74, 240 ], [ 120, 235 ], [ 236, 323 ], [ 401, 436 ] ], [ [ 478, 627 ], [ 519, 619 ], [ 536, 622 ], [ 782, 682 ], [ 798, 682 ], [ 826, 659 ], [ 804, 522 ], [ 793, 482 ], [ 765, 423 ], [ 732, 395 ], [ 644, 442 ] ], [ [ 581, 604 ], [ 598, 590 ], [ 608, 565 ], [ 572, 487 ], [ 517, 401 ], [ 468, 339 ], [ 407, 287 ] ], [ [ 466, 265 ], [ 490, 245 ], [ 503, 222 ], [ 540, 0 ] ], [ [ 520, 262 ], [ 531, 254 ], [ 550, 252 ], [ 686, 278 ], [ 737, 294 ], [ 777, 293 ], [ 815, 256 ], [ 783, 156 ], [ 753, 133 ] ], [ [ 562, 61 ], [ 574, 75 ], [ 741, 104 ], [ 803, 107 ], [ 825, 98 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 349 533 Q 368 540 390 546 Q 424 558 430 563 Q 437 572 432 580 Q 425 592 394 596 Q 372 599 351 592 L 304 572 Q 226 542 146 527 Q 109 517 138 503 Q 183 485 246 504 Q 273 513 303 519 L 349 533 Z", "M 299 344 Q 296 253 295 137 Q 294 113 281 104 Q 274 98 216 111 Q 185 123 187 113 Q 188 106 207 91 Q 264 43 278 17 Q 294 -14 308 -16 Q 321 -17 336 16 Q 354 59 353 130 Q 346 256 346 381 L 346 412 Q 346 473 349 533 L 351 592 Q 358 730 372 771 Q 388 799 336 821 Q 305 840 285 833 Q 269 827 283 805 Q 304 778 305 746 Q 306 727 304 572 L 303 519 Q 302 461 300 384 L 299 344 Z", "M 346 381 Q 362 394 378 405 Q 399 418 409 432 Q 415 445 404 444 L 346 412 L 300 384 Q 210 332 131 281 Q 98 262 77 255 Q 64 249 63 241 Q 62 234 76 220 Q 95 205 117 198 Q 132 194 142 206 Q 202 272 299 344 L 346 381 Z", "M 601 620 Q 688 645 758 657 Q 779 660 783 653 Q 793 640 786 603 Q 774 503 749 459 Q 731 428 702 432 Q 675 439 651 449 Q 626 456 644 433 Q 689 390 710 356 Q 728 335 746 351 Q 800 387 829 504 Q 856 636 869 652 Q 882 665 876 676 Q 866 688 814 710 Q 792 720 773 706 Q 749 691 659 669 Q 568 644 489 638 Q 471 637 469 627 Q 468 620 492 608 Q 517 592 537 601 Q 553 607 571 611 L 601 620 Z", "M 571 611 Q 571 590 574 566 Q 573 566 573 563 Q 540 440 406 295 Q 400 291 400 283 Q 400 279 405 279 Q 480 295 611 505 Q 611 512 642 557 Q 648 567 641 580 Q 620 613 601 620 C 575 635 570 637 571 611 Z", "M 511 264 Q 499 268 476 273 Q 463 277 459 272 Q 452 265 461 249 Q 492 176 506 60 Q 509 24 527 1 Q 546 -23 551 -7 Q 560 15 555 54 L 551 89 Q 535 198 532 231 C 529 259 529 259 511 264 Z", "M 805 127 Q 830 211 865 239 Q 884 258 868 279 Q 849 294 792 321 Q 773 330 748 320 Q 655 283 511 264 C 481 260 503 224 532 231 Q 550 237 727 270 Q 749 276 760 266 Q 770 256 768 234 Q 758 176 745 127 C 738 98 796 98 805 127 Z", "M 555 54 Q 562 54 570 55 Q 649 73 823 88 Q 833 89 835 98 Q 835 107 805 127 C 790 137 774 133 745 127 Q 637 103 551 89 C 521 84 525 53 555 54 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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