漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
訪: call on, visit
Also: look up, offer sympathy
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 方 gives the sound
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 歴訪するれきほうするmake a tour of
- 訪問するほうもんするvisit [v.t.]
- 訪問ほうもん
- 訪日ほうにちvisit to Japan
- 訪中ほうちゅうvisit to China
- 訪米ほうべいvisit to the United States
おとずれるotozureru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 訪れるおとずれるvisit [v.i., v.t.]
たずねるtazuneru · kun'yomi
- 訪ねるたずねるvisit [v.t.]
Also read とう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 talk (meaning) + 方 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 訪 (rev. 93581023), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
訪 takes the 方 family's reading, ボウ (bou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side訪 call on · 方
vs該 above-stated · 亥In ChineseSimplified 访 · traditional, as in Japanese · fǎng
Japan keeps the traditional form 訪; mainland China simplifies it to 访.
- Simplified
- 访 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 訪 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fǎng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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