Today’s #kanji is 招, which is listed under its semantic element of #てへん（扌）. Its phonetic element is 召 and it has the meaning of “to call” or “to invite.”
Meaning: to invite
Reading: ショウ、まね
招宴（ショウエン）: n. invitation to a party, a party
招魂（ショウコン）: n. invocation of the spirits of the dead
招集（ショウシュウ）する: vt. to call, to summon, to convene, to assemble, to gather
招請（ショウセイ）する: vt. to (call and) invite
招待（ショウタイ）する: vt. to invite, to ask, to extend an invitation (to…)
招致（ショウチ）する: vt. to summon, to send for… to attract
オリンピックを招致する: to host the Olympics
招聘（ショウヘイ）する: vt. to invite. to call on (a person to do…)
招（まね）く: to invite, to have … in; to bring upon, to cause
人（ひと）を招く: to invite a person
災（わざわ）いを招く: to bring calamity upon oneself, to court desaster
ピンチを招く: to put oneself in a difficult situation
招（まね）き猫（ねこ）: (a figure of) a beckoning cat
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探
抱
招
捕
打
抜
投
指
