The kanji 招招 primarily conveys the meanings of "to beckon," "to invite," or "to summon." It implies attracting or bringing someone or something closer, often with a gesture or a call. This action can involve inviting someone to a place, a gathering, or simply to come near.

・On-yomi (音読み): ショウ (shou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): まね（く） (mane(ku)) - to invite, to beckon

⚫︎招待（しょうたい） Translation: Invitation ⚫︎招く（まねく） Translation: To invite; to beckon; to summon ⚫︎招き猫（まねきねこ） Translation: Fortune cat (lit. beckoning cat)

The kanji 招招 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; keisei moji). The semantic component is 扌 (て; te), which represents "hand" or "action involving the hand." The phonetic component is 召 (shou), which suggests the sound and originally meant "to call." Therefore, 招招 originally depicted the action of using a hand to call someone or to beckon, as in inviting someone. Over time, the meaning broadened to encompass the various senses of inviting or attracting.