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访
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call on

HSK 10 N2
fǎng
ホウ
おとず.れる、たず.ねる、と.う
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (訪)
say+ direction =
call on
Meaning component
yán say
words, speech
Phonetic component
fāng direction
a square, rectangle
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Simplified (访)
Meaning component
yán speech
KangXi radical 149
讠 is a component form of 言.
Phonetic component
fāng direction
a square, rectangle
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
访 / [fǎng]
to visit; to call on; to seek; to inquire; to investigate
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
ほう
Hou surname