Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 官 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (館)
Simplified (馆)
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Similar Characters
蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餌 bait (trad/jp)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餘 excess (trad)
Historical Evolution
館
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
館
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
館
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
館
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
館
Regular
Modern
Chinese
馆 / 館 [guǎn]
building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jiā]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
館 かん
Kan surname
館 しろ
Shiro surname
館 たち
Tachi surnamegiven name
館 たて
Tate surname
館 だて
Date surnamegiven name
館 やかた
Yakata place namesurnamegiven name
CHINESE WORDS (87)
旅馆 [lǚguǎn] #1,585
hotel
图书馆 [túshūguǎn] #2,931
library
餐馆 [cānguǎn] #2,165
restaurant
博物馆 [bówùguǎn] #2,964
museum
宾馆 [bīnguǎn] #4,894
guesthouse
体育馆 [tǐyùguǎn] #6,743
gym
大使馆 [dàshǐguǎn] #7,509
embassy
使馆 [shǐguǎn] #14,065
consulate
场馆 [chǎngguǎn] #45,737
sporting venue
酒馆 [jiǔguǎn] #7,017
tavern
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 図書館 [としょかん] #4,217
library
館 [やかた] #4,908
mansion
⭐ 体育館 [たいいくかん] #8,377
gymnasium
⭐ 旅館 [りょかん] #9,103
ryokan
⭐ 映画館 [えいがかん] #12,753
movie theatre
⭐ 美術館 [びじゅつかん] #13,480
art museum
⭐ 水族館 [すいぞくかん] #15,646
aquarium (building)
⭐ 博物館 [はくぶつかん] #15,709
museum
⭐ 館内 [かんない] #17,980
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.
⭐ 大使館 [たいしかん] #18,359
embassy
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