Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

372 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy

Kunyomi: おとず.れる たず.ねる と.う

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

する(れきほうする)   make a tour of

問する(ほうもんする)   visit [v.t.]

れる(おとずれる)   visit [v.i., v.t.]

ねる(たずねる)   visit [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

ホウチュウ visit to China

ホウオウ visit to Europe, visiting Europe

レキホウ round of calls, tour of visitation

サイホウ research visit, visit to collect data (esp. historical, folklore, etc.)

Kunyomi Examples

れる おとずれる to visit, to call on, to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.), to come, to appear, to make a sound, to send a letter, to inquire about a letter

ねる たずねる to visit, to call on, to pay a visit to

問う とう to ask, to inquire, to blame (someone) for, to accuse of, to pursue (question of responsibility), to charge with, to care about, to regard as important, to call into question, to doubt, to question