访

fǎng

(bound form) to seek by inquiry

(bound form) to visit; to call on

speech (讠) + [sound: fāng] (方) = visit and inquire

The speech radical carries the meaning: visiting someone means seeking them out through words and inquiry. 方 mainly gives the sound fāng/fǎng and does not contribute semantically.

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SpeechSemantic

他去访问了那位老师。

tā qù fǎng wèn le nà wèi lǎo shī。

He went to visit that teacher.

记者采访了几位普通市民。

jì zhě cǎi fǎng le jǐ wèi pǔ tōng shì mín。

The reporter interviewed several ordinary city residents.

Words with 访

造访

zào fǎng

(formal) to visit; to pay a visit

重访

chóng fǎng

to revisit

随访

suí fǎng

to accompany

电访

diàn fǎng

(Tw) to make a telephone call (generally as a representative of a company, school or agency etc, to an individual, often for the purpose of conducting a survey) (abbr. for 電話訪問|电话访问)

顺访

shùn fǎng

to visit in passing

上访

shàng fǎng

to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth

串亲访友

chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu

to call on friends and relations (idiom)

互访

hù fǎng

exchange visits

介质访问控制

jiè zhì fǎng wèn kòng zhì

Medium Access Control

介质访问控制层

jiè zhì fǎng wèn kòng zhì céng

MAC layer

来访

lái fǎng

to pay a visit

来访者

lái fǎng zhě

visitor

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