招 (zhāo)

to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a

HSK 3.1 level 6
8 strokes

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》：“招，手呼也。从手，召聲。”

Components

扌 (meaning) — 扌 is a component form of 手.
召 (sound, meaning)