Keyword
beckon
- invite
- summon
- engage
- Frequency
- #840
- Strokes
- 8
- Grade
- 5
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 702
Readings
ショウ57%
まね43%
Mnemonic
You lean from the porch and wave your left hand, summoning the neighbors over for tea: you beckon them with a single curl of your fingers.
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Used in vocabulary
招く
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; …
Godan verb