fǎng
visit
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 訪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to interview | ||
to visit | ||
to pay a visit | ||
to visit | ||
to pay a visit |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰaŋ-s | phjangH | fǎng | enquire, scrutinize |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 26.8300% of movies
1254th most common character in movies
1037th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8A2A |
Shuowen | “訪，汎謀曰訪。从言，方聲。” |
Sources
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