招き
まねき · maneki · JLPT N1 · noun
invitation
✉️ 招 = hand radical 扌 + 召 (summon): a hand that calls someone over, so an invitation
招き (まねき) is the noun form of 招く, to invite or beckon. The 扌 radical signals a hand gesture, and 召 adds the sense of calling someone to come.
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'.