招抚

Traditional form:

招撫

Pinyin (reading):

zhāofǔ

Definitions:

• to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
• to bring to negotiated surrender

Characters:

• 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
• 抚 - to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress

Traditional characters:

• 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
• 撫 - to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress