call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
訪 centers on going to see someone or something: visiting, calling on, looking up, or offering sympathy in person.
訪 combines 言 (words, speech) with 方, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of direction or method, suggesting going to someone to speak.
The left side 言 means words or speech, and the right side 方 suggests direction. Picture going in a direction to speak with someone: that is a visit.
For ホウ, imagine visiting a friend's home: home -> ホウ, and you go there to talk.
call; visit
visit; call
to visit; to call on
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
visit (from someone); call
visit to Japan
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
visit to the United States
revisiting; visiting again
visit to China
visit to North Korea
visit to South Korea
round of calls; tour of visitation
company visit; visit to a prospective employer
official visit
Suwa University of Science
revisit rate (e.g. for a website); visitor retention rate
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
going to visit (someone); calling on
door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)