Taxonomy of meanings for 招:　　

  • 招 zhāo (OC: kljew MC: tɕiɛu) 止遙切 平 廣韻：【招呼也來也又姓漢有大鴻臚招猛 】
    • wave hand>SHAKE
        • gestural>SIGNAL
          • abstract: speech act>SUMMON
            • vt(oN)to summon (a contextually determinate object) ??maybe vi??
            • vtoNwave to come, attract to one's presence; summon
            • concrete>TIE UP
                • instrument: (in horsegear)>ROPE
                • polite, social>INVITE
                    • generalised>SEEK
                        • object: what one seeks (to hit)>TARGET
                          • nccthe target
                          • viacthit the target (LSCQ)
                        • abstract: physical>CAUSE TO
                          • vtoNfigurativeattract; cause to arise for oneself
                          • means: strategic move>TRICK
                        • action by other>ENCOURAGE
                          • figurative>ATTRACT
                      • (late colloquial)ADMIT
                          • (late colloquial) object guilt>CONFESS
                            • vtoNconfess; admit in court
                        • WAVE
                          • viactwave
                          • vtoNwave (one's hands) 招手
                          • vtoNN=personwave to somebodyDS
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                      • chǔ kāng wángRULERS OF CHU
                        • NPprhumanSTANDARD NAME: King Kāng of Chǔ (reigned 559 - 545)ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Zhāo 昭 / 招 PARENTS: Son of >Chǔ Gòng wáng 楚共王 WIVES:?CHILDREN: -

                      Additional information about 招

                      說文解字: 【招】，手呼也。从手、召。 〔小徐本作「從手、召聲也。」〕 【止搖切】

                        Criteria
                      • CONFESS

                        1. The current general word for confessing one's guilt is fú 服.

                        2. Shǒu 首 is refers to an unforced confession of responsibility and guilt.

                        NB: Zhāo 招 is post-Buddhist (Song/Yuan) and refers to confessing in the context of formal legal procedings.