# 招 beckon

(handleft) + 召 (summon) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes

## Onyomi

SHOU |

## Mnemonic

| SHOW me how to summon a demon by beckoning with my bare hands

## Kunyomi

まね*く | invite, summon (a person, or, more frequently, luck - usually bad, like the English prhase 'tempting fate')) ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

招き猫(まねきねこ) | shop-window cat ★★★☆☆ CCW 招 (beckon) + 猫 (cat) = 招き猫 (shop-window cat) the little cat in all the shop windows. It's kind of a weird phenomenon if you think about it: One paw is up, beckoning customers to come in, like "Come on in, guy! I like your style!" But the other paw clutches a gold coin, usually marked 10,000,000 yen. Like "OK, J/K about valuing you. I just want your money."
招待(しょうたい) する | invite ★★★☆☆ 招 (beckon) + 待 (wait) = 招待 (invite)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
拐 | kidnap | SWORD UNDER MOUTH |
招 | beckon | SWORD OVER HEAD |

The kidnapper's hand holds a sword UNDER YOUR MOUTH( at your jugular vein) to keep you from escaping.

Your friend beckons you by waving her SWORD over her head and hence, OVER HER MOUTH, all, "hey over here!" style.

## Synonyms

invite 誘う 招待