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访

訪
fǎng
verb #5,837

Meanings

  1. 1 to visit; to call on
  2. 2 to seek; to inquire
  3. 3 to interview

Examples

HSK 3
欢迎来访。
Huānyíng láifǎng.
Welcome to visit.
HSK 5
记者采访了他。
Jìzhě cǎifǎng le tā.
The journalist interviewed him.
HSK 5
总统访问了中国。
Zǒngtǒng fǎngwèn le Zhōngguó.
The president visited China.

Tips

usage
访 is used in: 访问 (visit/access), 采访 (interview), 拜访 (pay a visit), 来访 (come to visit), 访客 (visitor). 访问 is also used for website visits in tech contexts.

Components

radical
讠 yán
speech (radical form)
Speech radical on the left - also 访's indexing radical (simplified side-form of 言). Direct semantic anchor: 访 means to visit, inquire, interview - all speech-acts performed in person. Same radical in 说, 话, 谢, 请, 语, 认 - every saying-verb in the simplified system.
phonetic
方 fāng
square; direction
Right side 方 supplies the sound: fāng → fǎng with only a tone shift. The 方 phonetic also adds a faint directional flavour - to visit is to go IN A DIRECTION to talk to someone. Same phonetic in 房 (fáng), 仿 (fǎng), 防 (fáng), 放 (fàng) - pairs nicely with 放 in this same batch.

Stroke Order

访 fǎng