召しょう喚かん

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召喚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Legal term for an official order to appear in court or before an authority. Used as a noun or with する.

Used in fantasy, occult, or gaming contexts for calling forth spirits, demons, or supernatural beings. Also used as a noun or with する.

〈人ひと〉を召しょう喚かんするto summon someone to appear (e.g. in court)
検けん察さつ官かんはその証しょう人にんを法ほう廷ていに召しょう喚かんした。
The prosecutor summoned the witness to court.
〈物もの〉を召しょう喚かんするto summon (a spirit, demon, or monster) through magic
魔ま法ほう使つかいは古こ代だいの悪あく魔まを召しょう喚かんした。
The wizard summoned an ancient demon.
〈場ば所しょ〉に召しょう喚かんされるto be summoned to a place (e.g. court)
彼かれは裁さい判ばん所しょに召しょう喚かんされた。
He was summoned to court.

呼よび出だすN2sense 1
呼び出す is the general, everyday verb for calling someone to come somewhere, while 召喚 is a formal/legal or supernatural term for an official or magical summons.
喚かん問もん sense 1
喚問 specifically means summoning someone (e.g. to the Diet) for questioning, whereas 召喚 is the broader legal term for ordering appearance in court or before an authority.
呼よび出だし
召喚 is a formal, often legal term for summoning someone (e.g. to court), while 呼び出し is the more general, everyday word for calling or paging someone.

召しょう還かん
召還 is a same-sounding word meaning to recall someone (like an ambassador), while 召喚 means to summon someone or something to appear.

召しょう喚かんUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling for both legal summons and supernatural summoning.
招しょう喚かんUsage5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 召喚 is overwhelmingly preferred.

Compound of 召 (call, summon) and 喚 (call out, shout). The kanji combination naturally conveys the idea of calling someone or something forth.