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訪 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「言」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「言」
On
ホウほう · hō
Kun
おとず(れる)・たず(ねる)otozu(reru) · tazu(neru)
Meaning
to visit; call on

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

言 "speech" plus 方 "here and there"; going about calling on people — hence "to visit."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホウほうhō訪問ほうもん来訪らいほう探訪たんぼう
Kunおとずれるotozureru訪れるおとずれる訪れおとずれ
Kunたずねるtazuneru訪ねるたずねる

Compare: 尋ねる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 訪問ほうもん

    visit; call

  • 来訪らいほう

    a visit (by someone)

More words with this kanji

  • 諏訪すわ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖母(そぼ)の家(いえ)を訪(たず)ねた。

I visited my grandmother's house.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

訪問来訪訪問questi…来to com…討to att…訳transl…詞words誠sincer…誤mistak…宝treasu…匚box ra…方direct…包to wra…庄manor
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Compound

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