招标
zhāobiāo · HSK 7
invite tenders/bids
📣🏷️ 招标 = 招 beckon/invite + 标 mark/bid = call out for bids
招 means to beckon or recruit (the hand 扌 waving people over); 标 means a mark, label, or bid. Together: openly invite parties to submit their bids, i.e. invite tenders.
招 — hand radical 扌 + 召 (call)
招 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 supplies the meaning—an action done with the hand—while 召 (to summon, call) gives both phonetic value and reinforces the sense. Together they depict beckoning someone with a hand gesture, extended to 'recruit' or 'attract'.
标 — tree 木 + 票 (ticket/phonetic)
Originally written 標, this is a semantic-phonetic compound: 木 (tree) gives the meaning and 票 supplies the sound. It first referred to the tip or top of a tree, then extended to any marker, sign, or label placed at a prominent point. The simplified form 标 keeps the same structure with a reduced phonetic.