召

召 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹口 (SHR), four-corner 1760₂, composition ⿱刀口)

• 劭, 刟, 卲, 巶, 邵, 欩, 䎄, 䙼, 䳂, 㐒, 岧, 苕, 笤, 髫, 㲈
• 佋, 妱, 岹, 弨, 怊, 招, 沼, 㹦, 䧂, 迢, 昭, 柖, 炤, 㸛, 牊, 玿, 祒, 眧, 䂏, 袑, 紹(绍), 蛁, 詔(诏), 貂, 超, 軺(轺), 鉊(𬬿), 㷖, 鞀, 韶, 䫿, 䬰, 駋, 鮉, 鼦, 齠(龆)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3241
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53EC

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dews, *djews): phonetic 刀 (OC *taːw) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – originally, to call out (with one’s mouth) or to serve wine for guests. Part of the second original meaning is preserved in 招.

In the most ancient versions on some oracle bones, the character was totally different: it represented one or two hands over a wine vessel; the knife and mouth components were added later to this variant.

召

1. imperial decree
2. to call together; to convene; to summon
3. temple or monastery (used in placenames in Inner Mongolia)

召

1. a surname, Shao
2. State of Shao, an ancient state that existed in modern-day Shaanxi Province

• “召”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “召”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “召”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “召”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #14485”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “召”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 180.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “召”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 207.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. call
2. take
3. catch

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: めす (mesu, 召す, Jōyō)

召 • (so, jo) (hangeul 소, 조, revised so, jo, McCune–Reischauer so, cho)

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召: Hán Nôm readings: chiêu, chịu, chẹo, giẹo, thiệu, trịu, triệu, xạu, trẹo, dịu, gieo, trĩu

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• Nom Foundation
• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999