出访

chū fǎng · HSK 6

to visit

✈️🤝 出 = go out + 访 = visit; literally 'go out and visit'

出 means to exit or go out, 访 means to visit or call on someone. Together: an official outbound visit, often a diplomat or executive traveling abroad on business.

出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'

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