building, mansion, large building, palace
On'yomi (音読み)
- カン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- やかた
- たて
About this kanji
The kanji 館 (かん) primarily means a large building or mansion. It is often used as a noun rather than a verb. You will find it in several common compounds. For instance, 館長 (かんちょう) means superintendent or manager of a building, while 旅館 (りょかん) refers to a traditional Japanese inn. If you need a place to meet, you'd go to 会館 (かいかん), meaning a meeting hall. Other examples include 映画館 (えいがかん) for movie theater and 図書館 (としょかん) for library. This kanji usually indicates a specific type of building, so you'll often see it with related terms.
Example sentences
美術館に行こう。
Let's go to the art museum.
Meanings across languages
- English
- building, mansion, large building, palace
- Tiếng Việt
- tòa nhà, biệt thự, tòa lớn, cung điện
- 日本語
- かん, たてもの, やかた, きゅう
- 한국어
- 건물, 저택, 대형 건물, 궁전
- 中文
- 馆, 大楼, 大型建筑, 宫殿
- id
- gedung, istana
- th
- อาคาร, พระราชวัง
- es
- edificio, palacio
- fr
- bâtiment, palais
- de
- Gebäude, Palast
- pt
- edifício, palácio
Common compounds
- 館長superintendent, director, curator
- 旅館ryokan, traditional Japanese inn
- 会館meeting hall, assembly hall
- 映画館movie theatre, movie theater, cinema
- 図書館library
- 大使館embassy
- 博物館museum
- 美術館art museum, art gallery
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