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訪

call on
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingホウ
Kun readingおとず.れる、たず.ねる、と.う
JōyōGrade 6
  1. to visit
  2. to call on
  3. to pay a visit to

Popular Usage

訪ねる訪れる

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From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 534

Compound words

訪ねるたずねる
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
訪れるおとずれる
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
訪問するほうもんする
call
探訪たんぼう
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
訪日ほうにち
visit to Japan
訪米ほうべい
visit to the United States
訪問ほうもん
call; visit
来訪らいほう
visit (from someone); call
歴訪れきほう
round of calls; tour of visitation
訪欧ほうおう
visit to Europe; visiting Europe
訪れおとずれ
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; coming
訪中ほうちゅう
visit to China
訪問者ほうもんしゃ
visitor
戸別訪問こべつほうもん
door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)
往訪おうほう
going to visit (someone)
訪うとう
to ask
訪客ほうきゃく
visitor
公式訪問こうしきほうもん
official visit
諏訪大明神すわだいみょうじん
Suwa deities (esp. Takeminakata and his consort Yasakatome)
諏訪八幡も照覧あれすわはちまんもしょうらんあれ
may Takeminakata (Suwa) and Hachiman bear witness
公立諏訪東京理科大学こうりつすわとうきょうりかだいがく
Suwa University of Science

Additional Examples

彼は日曜日に農場を訪れるつもりだ。
He intends to visit the farm on Sunday.tatoeba
彼は二度とその町を訪れないでしょう。
He will never visit the town again.tatoeba
坪内逍遥を訪ねる。
He visited Shoyo TSUBOUCHI.wiki
真乗が疎開先に訪ねる度に空襲になった。
Tachikawa suffered air raids every time Shinjo visited them.wiki
主に8月～9月に訪れる。
It is visited mainly in August and September.wiki
主に2月～3月に訪れる。
It is visited mainly in February and March.wiki

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11 strokes

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