11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N3

call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy

Kun'yomi
  • to visit ②to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.) ③to make a sound ④to send a letter
  • to visit
  • to ask ②to blame (someone) for ③to care about ④to call into question
On'yomi
  • ホウ
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

おとずれる 57.2%
たずねる 26.2%
ホウ 12.8%
3.8%

Character Breakdown

call on, visit, look up
おとず.れる たず.ねる ホウ (6th, N3)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)

Common Words

to visit ②to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.) ③to make a sound ④to send a letter
visit ②arrival (e.g. of spring) ③news
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home)
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References

Unicode hex code 8A2A
JIS X 0208 1-43-12
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4326
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5571
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1468
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1860
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 985
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1335
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 495
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 534
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 538
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1412
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35284
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 972
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1181
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1240
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 896
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 984
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 932
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 783
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.1
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1667
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 506
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a4.1
Four corner code 0062.7
De Roo Code 3045