访
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(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,129 U+8BBF
How 访 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 方 (phonetic, fāng)
How to remember it
call on · Heisig RSH #1730
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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 方
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 方 (fāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound component | fāng | square, rectangle; side; region; flag |
| 放 | fàng | to release, to liberate, to free |
| 房 | fáng | building, house, room |
| 防 | fáng | to protect, to defend, to guard against |
| 旁 | páng | side; beside, close, nearby |
| 仿 | fǎng | to imitate, to copy; fake; as if |
| 坊 | fāng | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill |
| 芳 | fāng | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous |
| 纺 | fǎng | to spin, to weave, to reel |
| 肪 | fáng | animal fat |
| 妨 | fáng | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine |
| 邡 | fāng | a district in Sichuan province |
| 彷 | páng | similar, alike; to resemble |
| 舫 | fǎng | yacht, fancy boat |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn, daybreak; to appear |
| 鲂 | fáng | bream |
| 钫 | fāng | francium |
Words containing 访
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家信访局 | Guó jiā Xìn fǎng jú | National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, national ombudsman office of the … |
| 实地访视 | shí dì fǎng shì | onsite visit |
| 国事访问 | guó shì fǎng wèn | state visit |
| 外出访问 | wài chū fǎng wèn | to make an official visit (often abroad) |
| 来访者 | lái fǎng zhě | visitor; (psychological counseling) client |
| 访师求学 | fǎng shī qiú xué | to seek a teacher desiring to study |
| 受访者 | shòu fǎng zhě | participant in a survey; interviewee; respondent |
| 家访 | jiā fǎng | to pay a home visit, esp. (of a teacher) to visit a student's home |
| 上访 | shàng fǎng | to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth |
| 电访 | diàn fǎng | (Tw) to make a telephone call (generally as a representative of a company, school or agenc… |
| 信访局 | xìn fǎng jú | governmental ombudsman office, existing at the county-level and above |
| 出访 | chū fǎng | to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation |
| 明查暗访 | míng chá àn fǎng | variant of 明察暗訪|明察暗访[ming2 cha2 an4 fang3] |
| 访问者 | fǎng wèn zhě | interviewer |
| 重访 | chóng fǎng | to revisit |
| 走亲访友 | zǒu qīn fǎng yǒu | to visit one's friends and relatives |
| 访问量 | fǎng wèn liàng | (web counter) hits |
| 访台 | fǎng Tái | to visit Taiwan |
| 来访 | lái fǎng | to pay a visit |
| 访美 | fǎng Měi | to visit the USA |