访

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(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 方 sound ( fāng )

Components 讠方

call on · Heisig RSH #1730

words + compass

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
国家信访局	Guó jiā Xìn fǎng jú	National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, national ombudsman office of the …
实地访视	shí dì fǎng shì	onsite visit
国事访问	guó shì fǎng wèn	state visit
外出访问	wài chū fǎng wèn	to make an official visit (often abroad)
来访者	lái fǎng zhě	visitor; (psychological counseling) client
访师求学	fǎng shī qiú xué	to seek a teacher desiring to study
受访者	shòu fǎng zhě	participant in a survey; interviewee; respondent
家访	jiā fǎng	to pay a home visit, esp. (of a teacher) to visit a student's home
上访	shàng fǎng	to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth
电访	diàn fǎng	(Tw) to make a telephone call (generally as a representative of a company, school or agenc…
信访局	xìn fǎng jú	governmental ombudsman office, existing at the county-level and above
出访	chū fǎng	to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation
明查暗访	míng chá àn fǎng	variant of 明察暗訪\|明察暗访[ming2 cha2 an4 fang3]
访问者	fǎng wèn zhě	interviewer
重访	chóng fǎng	to revisit
走亲访友	zǒu qīn fǎng yǒu	to visit one's friends and relatives
访问量	fǎng wèn liàng	(web counter) hits
访台	fǎng Tái	to visit Taiwan
来访	lái fǎng	to pay a visit
访美	fǎng Měi	to visit the USA

Characters sharing the sound component 方 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
方 sound part	fāng	square, rectangle; side; region; flag
放	fàng	to release, to liberate, to free
房	fáng	building, house, room
防	fáng	to protect, to defend, to guard against
旁	páng	side; beside, close, nearby
仿	fǎng	to imitate, to copy; fake; as if
坊	fāng	neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill
芳	fāng	fragrant; beautiful, virtuous
纺	fǎng	to spin, to weave, to reel
肪	fáng	animal fat
妨	fáng	damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine
邡	fāng	a district in Sichuan province
彷	páng	similar, alike; to resemble
舫	fǎng	yacht, fancy boat
昉	fǎng	dawn, daybreak; to appear
鲂	fáng	bream
钫	fāng	francium