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館 kanji
building, mansion, large building, palace
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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カン
Kun readings
やかたたて
Variant forms
舘Words with 館
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5映画館Popularmovie theatre; movie theater; cinema
- N5図書館Popularlibrary
- N5大使館Popularembassy
- N4旅館Popularryokan; traditional Japanese inn
- N4美術館Popularart museum; art gallery
- N3博物館Popularmuseum
- N2会館Popularmeeting hall; assembly hall
- N1本館Popularmain building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall; this building
- N1館(large) building; public building; hall
- —開館Popularopening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
- —館長Popularsuperintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
- —公館Popularofficial residence
- —別館Popularannex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
- —館内Popularinside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
- —休館Popularclosure (of a library, museum, etc.)
- —迎賓館Popularreception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
- —公民館Popularpublic hall; community center; community centre
- —水族館Popularaquarium (building)
- —体育館Populargymnasium
- —領事館Popularconsulate