訪 – call on, visit, look up

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The kanji 訪 means call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おとず.れる、たず.ねる、と.う (otozureru, tazuneru, tou). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	おとず.れる	otozureru
Kun’yomi	たず.ねる	tazuneru
Kun’yomi	と.う	tou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・方.

Words using 訪

訪ねるたずねるto visit訪問ほうもんcall訪れるおとずれるto visit

Example sentences

いつでも私のオフィスを訪ねなさい。

Call at my office at any time.

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私はあなたを訪問するつもりだったができなかった。

I meant to have called on you.

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あなたは何回京都を訪れましたか。

How often did you visit Kyoto?

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Kanji with the same radical

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