ChiramiN4 kanji · 16 strokes
館 means hall, building
館
飠 food · 官 officials
館Memory trick
A place where officials (官) are fed: a large building, a hall.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- building, mansion, large building, palace
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) やかた yakata
やかた (yakata) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: たて tate
From Chinese (onyomi) カン kan
カン (kan) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
図書館 としょかん · toshokan
library
Built from
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食 Used in 11 kanji
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What does 館 mean?
Right: 館 means hall, building.Not quite: 館 means hall, building.In 図書館, which reading does 館 use?
Right. 図書館 is read としょかん (toshokan): 館 takes カン, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 図書館 is read としょかん (toshokan): 館 takes カン, its reading from Chinese.