The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1540 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)

Kunyomi: め.す

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition: 刀口

召

Radical

Radical: 口

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

口

Examples

Examples with audio

召集する（しょうしゅうする） call together, muster

召還する（しょうかんする） recall, call someone back

応召する（おうしょうする） be drafted, be enlisted

召す（めす） call, wear, eat, drink [hon.]

召し使い（めしつかい） servant

召し上がる（めしあがる） eat, drink [hon.]

お召し物（おめしもの） clothing [hon.]

Onyomi Examples

招請（ショウセイ） invitation

召集（ショウシュウ） convening, calling together (e.g. parliament), call-up (for military service)

Kunyomi Examples

召す（めす） to call, to invite, to send for, to summon, to eat, to drink, to put on, to wear, to ride, to catch (a cold), to take (a bath), to tickle (one's fancy), to put on (years), to commit (seppuku), to do, used to show respect