音読み: ショウ
訓読み: まねく
画数: 8
部首: 扌（てへん）
Meaning
Invite / Summon / Beckon
- Basic forms
- 招く — to invite; to beckon; to cause / base form
- 招きます — invites; beckons / masu form
- 招いた — invited; caused / ta-form
- 招いて — invite and … / te-form
- 招かない — do not invite / negative
- 招けば — if (it) invites; if it causes / conditional
- Common expressions
- 客を招く — to invite guests
- 誤解を招く — to cause misunderstanding
- More
- 事故を招いた — caused an accident
- 招いている — is inviting; is causing / state
招く（まねく） is a godan verb ending in く. It means not only to invite someone physically, but also to **bring about** results such as trouble, misunderstanding, or success.
- 招待 — invitation
- 招集 — summon / gathering
- 招請 — formal invitation
- 招致 — invitation (events, sports)
- 招く — to invite / to beckon
招 combines 扌 (hand) — suggesting action — with 召 (しょう), meaning to call or summon. Together, the character expresses the act of beckoning or inviting someone over.
友だちを家に 招きました。
I invited my friend to my house.
その行動は 問題を 招くかもしれません。
That action might invite (or cause) problems.
招待 — invitation