訪ねる

たずねる · tazuneru · JLPT N4 · verb-ichidan

to visit

🚪 訪 = 言 (speak) + 方 (direction): head someone's way to speak with them

The kanji joins 言 (words) with 方 (direction, also the sound cue), originally meaning to go around asking. Sound hook: tazuneru sounds like 尋ねる (to ask), the same verb root. To visit is to go and ask in person.

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