邀

邀 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹尸大 (YHSK), four-corner 3830₄, composition ⿺辶敫)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1266, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39168
• Dae Jaweon: page 1764, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3890, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9080

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qlew, *kleːw) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 敫 (OC *kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ).

Note similarities with Burmese ကြို (krui, “to meet and welcome someone”).

邀

1. to invite; to welcome
2. to intercept; to block
3. (literary) to await the arrival of and welcome
4. (literary) to solicit; to seek
5. (literary) to meet; to intercept
6. (Northern Min, Waxiang) and

• (to invite):

• (to intercept):

• (to await the arrival of and welcome): 迎候 (yínghòu)
• (and):

• (antonym(s) of “to intercept”):

Compare Hokkien 交 (kiau).

邀 (Teochew)

1. to lead; to bring (someone)
2. to give birth to
3. to look after (someone); to take care of

• “邀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: むかえる (mukaeru)、もとめる (motomeru)

邀 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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邀: Hán Việt readings: yêu^[1][2]

1. chữ Hán form of yêu (“invite”).