館
館 — Building
building, mansion, large building, palace
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiやかた (yakata)
Kun’yomiたて (tate)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 館
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会館 | かいかん kaikan | meeting hall; assembly hall |
| 大使館 | たいしかん taishikan | embassy |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん bijutsukan | art museum; art gallery |
| 博物館 | はくぶつかん hakubutsukan | museum |
| 図書館 | としょかん toshokan | library |
| 映画館 | えいがかん eigakan | movie theatre; movie theater; cinema |
Study notes
館 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #613 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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