- 旅館 — traditional inn
- 会館 — hall / assembly building
- 図書館 — library
- 映画館 — movie theater
- 館長 — director of a hall/museum
- 休館 — closure of a building (library, museum, etc.)
- 新館 — new building/wing
This character is formed from the 食 (eat) radical and 官 (official). Originally, it referred to a house that served food to people, such as a guest hall or public lodging. Over time, it came to mean any large building used for public or official purposes.
図書館で 本を借りました。
I borrowed a book at the library.
この館は 百年の歴史があります。
This mansion has a hundred years of history.