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招
招
Translingual
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Han character
招 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手尸竹口 (QSHR), four-corner 57062, composition ⿰扌召)
References
- KangXi: page 427, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11968
- Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1860, character 7
- Unihan data for U+62DB
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
招 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 鱽 | *taːw |
| 舠 | *taːw |
| 朷 | *taːw, *moːɡ |
| 叨 | *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw |
| 倒 | *taːwʔ, *taːws |
| 到 | *taːws |
| 菿 | *taːws, *rtaːwɢ |
| 鞀 | *deːw |
| 鳭 | *rteːw, *teːw |
| 灱 | *hreːw |
| 菬 | *sdew, *tjewʔ |
| 超 | *tʰew |
| 怊 | *tʰew, *tʰjew |
| 欩 | *tʰew |
| 召 | *dews, *djews |
| 昭 | *tjew |
| 招 | *tjew |
| 鉊 | *tjew |
| 沼 | *tjewʔ |
| 照 | *tjews |
| 詔 | *tjews |
| 炤 | *tjews |
| 弨 | *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ |
| 眧 | *tʰjewʔ |
| 韶 | *djew |
| 佋 | *djew, *djewʔ |
| 軺 | *djew, *lew |
| 玿 | *djew |
| 柖 | *djew |
| 紹 | *djewʔ |
| 袑 | *djewʔ |
| 綤 | *djewʔ |
| 邵 | *djews |
| 劭 | *djews |
| 卲 | *djews |
| 刁 | *teːw |
| 芀 | *teːw, *deːw |
| 貂 | *teːw |
| 蛁 | *teːw |
| 迢 | *deːw |
| 苕 | *deːw |
| 髫 | *deːw |
| 岧 | *deːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjew) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews) – to beckon with the hand.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
- Wade-Giles: chao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
-

- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'iao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ziu1
- Yale: jīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dziu1
- IPA (key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
- Hakka Romanization System: zeu´
- Hagfa Pinyim: zeu1
- IPA: /t͡se̯u²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau
- Tâi-lô: tsiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciaw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio
- Tâi-lô: tsio
- Phofsit Daibuun: cioy
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
- Note: chiau - literary; chio - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 招 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 止遙切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ciaw/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiɛu/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭɛu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhāo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 招 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2128 |
| Phonetic component |
刀 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
昭 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjew/ |
Definitions
招