访 (fǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to visit”. It is written from 讠 (speech radical) and 方 (square; direction (Kangxi radical 70)), side by side, and takes 6 strokes.
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Structure
讠 + 方
Left–right structure
Structure from: 说文解字: 訪，汎謀曰訪。从言方聲
Memory aid
Speech (讠) pointed in a direction (方): you head somewhere in order to talk to someone — you pay a visit.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
6 strokes
In real words
- 访问fǎng wènto visit; to call on; to access访 = fǎng
- 访客fǎng kèvisitor; caller访 = fǎng
Go deeper
All readings
to visit
to visit; to call on someone; to interview; to seek out and enquire
带着目的去看望别人或到某处了解情况。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 访问fǎng wènto visit; to call on; to access访 = fǎng
- 访客fǎng kèvisitor; caller访 = fǎng
Sound component
方 family tone diff
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 访 mean?
访 (fǎng) means to visit; to call on someone; to interview; to seek out and enquire.
How do you pronounce 访?
It is pronounced fǎng.
What parts is 访 made of?
讠 (speech radical) and 方 (square; direction (Kangxi radical 70)), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字: 訪，汎謀曰訪。从言方聲. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 访 have?
6. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 访?
言. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 访?
Common ones are 访问 and 访客. The reading of 访 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.