访

fǎng

visit

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

方 sound component

  Sound component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

访 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
访 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
访 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
访 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

访 () 

fǎng

visit; ask, inquire; to visit; to call on; to seek; to inquire; to investigate

Most common words with 访
Freq.
Word
Meaning

采访

to interview

访问

to visit

拜访

to pay a visit

访

to visit

来访

to pay a visit