館 – building, mansion, large building

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The kanji 館 means building, mansion, large building, palace. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is やかた、たて (yakata, tate). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 食 (no. 184).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	やかた	yakata
Kun’yomi	たて	tate

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 食 (Kangxi radical 184). Components: 口・食・宀・｜.

Words using 館

映画館えいがかんmovie theatre大使館たいしかんembassy図書館としょかんlibrary旅館りょかんryokan美術館びじゅつかんart museum博物館はくぶつかんmuseum会館かいかんmeeting hall館かん(large) building本館ほんかんmain building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.)

Example sentences

その映画館は人々でいっぱいだった。

The cinema was filled with people.

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大使館は最高裁判所に隣接している。

The embassy is located next to the Supreme Court.

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私たちの学校には立派な図書館があります。

We have a nice school library.

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Kanji with the same radical

食養飲飯飾飼飢飽餅餌飴饉

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.