訪
訪 — Call on
call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
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)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 訪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 訪問 | ほうもん houmon | call; visit |
| 訪日 | ほうにち hounichi | visit to Japan |
| 訪中 | ほうちゅう houchuu | visit to China |
| 訪ねる | たずねる tazuneru | to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to |
| 訪米 | ほうべい houbei | visit to the United States |
| 歴訪 | れきほう rekihou | round of calls; tour of visitation |
Study notes
訪 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #372 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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