館

音読おんよみ: カン

訓読くんよみ: やかた

画数かくすう: 16 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 食(しょくへん)

Meaning

Building / Mansion / Hall

  • 旅館りょかん — traditional inn
  • 会館かいかん — hall / assembly building
  • 図書館としょかん — library
  • 映画館えいがかん — movie theater
  • 館長かんちょう — director of a hall/museum
  • 休館きゅうかん — closure of a building (library, museum, etc.)
  • 新館しんかん — 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.

図書館としょかんほんりました。
I borrowed a book at the library.

このやかた百年ひゃくねん歴史れきしがあります。
This mansion has a hundred years of history.

旅
Creates
旅館りょかん — traditional inn
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