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館

館 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「食」+音符「官」。「やかた」「宿舎」を意味する漢語｛館｝を表す字。もと「宛」が｛館｝を表す字であったが、食偏を加えて「𩜌」となり、さらに音変化（との合流）に従って音符を「宛」から「官」に変更したもの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

building, mansion, large building, palace

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カンElem.
Kun (native)
  • やかたElem.
  • たて
Nanori (used in names)
  • たち
Other languages
  • 拼音guan3
  • 한글gwan
  • Hán-ViệtQuán

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
食(しょく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+9928

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰飠官

Words using this kanji

  • 館長かんちょう水族館、博物館、美術館、図書館などの長。superintendent, director, curator, chief librarian
  • 館内かんない図書館や美術館、各種施設などの建物の内部。inside a library, museum, cinema, etc., on the premises
  • 館員かんいん図書館、博物館、美術館、水族館などに勤務する人。personnel (of public building)
  • 館やかた（やかた）多くの人により会合ができる個人の住居。屋形。mansion, palace, manor house, castle
  • 館かん（やかた）多くの人により会合ができる個人の住居。屋形。(large) building, public building, hall
  • 館たち（やかた）多くの人により会合ができる個人の住居。屋形。mansion (of a noble), manor house, official residence (of a noble or government official), small castle
  • 館主かんしゅmanager
  • 館外かんがい図書館や美術館、各種施設などの建物の外部。outside a library, museum, etc., off the premises
  • 館内図かんないずfloor map
  • 館内放送かんないほうそうpublic announcement (in a department store, etc.), announcement over an (indoor) public address system

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-8
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8377.7
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8b8.3
Heisig
1589
Nelson
5174