召 — summon/call

JLPT N1 kanji · 5 strokes · on'yomi shou · kun'yomi me·su.

A sword-edge (刀) of authority over a mouth (口) — summoning.

Example words

• 召す — mesu — to summon (honorific)
• 召集 — shoushuu — convocation

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