館
building, large building, mansion, palace
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
16 / 16
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:16
JLPT:4
Frequency:613
Vocabulary
カン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 映画館 | エイガカン | movie theatre; movie theater; cinema |
| 開館 | カイカン | opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.) |
| 館長 | カンチョウ | superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian |
| 迎賓館 | ゲイヒンカン | reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto) |
| 公館 | コウカン | official residence |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水族館 | すいぞっかん | aquarium (building) |
| 別館 | べっかん | annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building |
| 体育館 | たいくかん | gymnasium |
| 館 | やかた | mansion; palace; manor house; castle; nobleman; noblewoman; lord; master; dignitary; cabin (on a boat or carriage); large roofed area on a boat (resembling a house); large houseboat (oft. used for tours and pastime activities); temporary residence |
| 封切り館 | ふうきりかん | first-run theater; first-run theatre |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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domesticate, feed, keep, raise
Grade 5JLPT 1
管
control, drunken talk, jurisdiction, pipe, tube, wind instrument
Grade 4JLPT 2
棺
casket, coffin
Grade 8JLPT 1
創
genesis, hurt, injury, originate, start, wound
Grade 6JLPT 1
飾
adorn, decorate, embellish, ornament
Grade 8JLPT 1
官
bureaucrat, organ, the government
Grade 4JLPT 3
飽
bored, sated, satiate, tired of
Grade 8JLPT 1
郎
counter for sons, son
Grade 8JLPT 1
脱
be left out, escape from, get rid of, removing, take off, undress
Grade 8JLPT 1
飯
boiled rice, meal
Grade 4JLPT 4