访

fǎng
verb #5,837

Meanings

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

Examples

Huānyíng láifǎng.
Welcome to visit.
Jìzhě cǎifǎng le tā.
The journalist interviewed him.
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
yán
speech (radical form)
Speech radical on the left — also 访's indexing radical (simplified side-form of ). Direct semantic anchor: 访 means to visit, inquire, interview — all speech-acts performed in person. Same radical in , , , , , — every saying-verb in the simplified system.
phonetic
fāng
square; direction
Right side supplies the sound: fāng → fǎng with only a tone shift. The phonetic also adds a faint directional flavour — to visit is to go IN A DIRECTION to talk to someone. Same phonetic in (fáng), 仿 (fǎng), (fáng), (fàng) — pairs nicely with in this same batch.

Stroke Order

访 fǎng