What is the Kanji for "Visit"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Visit", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Visit" is "訪".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Tazu" and "Otozu".

Its onyomi reading is "Hou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "言" means "Say" and can be read as "Gen", "I", "Gon", and "Koto". And The kanji "方" means "Direction" and can be read as "Hou" and "Kata".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "訪" mean in japanese?

"訪" means "Visit".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

訪れる: "Visit". The Japanese verb '訪れる (おとずれる)' means 'to visit'. This verb is used to indicate that someone or something is arriving at or going to a place. It can be used to describe visiting a location, a person, or an event. For example: I will visit the museum - (私は美術館に訪れる). She visited her aunt last weekend - (彼女は先週末に叔母を訪れた).

訪ねる: "Visit". The Japanese verb '訪ねる (たずねる)' means 'to visit'. This verb is used to describe the action of going to see someone or somewhere, often in order to meet or talk with them. It can be used for both casual and formal visits. For example: I will visit my friend - (友人を訪ねる). She visited her grandmother last weekend - (先週末, 彼女は祖母を訪ねた).

訪問: "Visit". The Japanese verbal noun '訪問 (ほうもん)' means 'visit'. This noun refers to the act of going to see or meet someone, usually at their home or place of business. It can be used in many contexts, such as visiting a friend, visiting a doctor, or visiting a historical site. For example: I will visit my grandparents - (私は祖父母を訪問する). The teacher visited the students - (先生は生徒を訪問した).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ほ" is read as "ho". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "ず" is read as "zu". The hiragana "お" is read as "o". And The hiragana "と" is read as "to".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.