館

building, mansion, large building, palace

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たてやかた

Nanori (名乗り)

たち

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:16

JLPT:N4

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

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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bureaucrat, the government, organ

sated, tired of, bored, satiate

son, counter for sons

undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off

meal, boiled rice