訪 (fǎng) — to call on, visit; to inquire, interview

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TSUMUGU · B1 · 字

訪 character · B1

訪＝言＋方

ㄈㄤˇ · fǎng

verb — to call on, visit; to inquire, interview

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義speech — words exchanged

方聲fāng — gives the sounda direction, all four quarters

Tfāng → fǎng — the level tone dips

Speech (言) and 方 fāng for the sound, dipping to fǎng. 說文 reads it 汎謀曰訪 — to consult widely, ask in every direction (方). From asking around came going to ask in person: to visit (拜訪), to interview (採訪). It rides the 方 series: 放、房、芳、防.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

帶著話（言），往四方（方）一家一家去問。

Carrying questions (言), going door to door in every direction (方) to ask.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)訪問、拜訪— to call on, visit常用

→採訪、訪談— to interview, gather news常用

⇒查訪、訪查— to inquire into, investigate

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension