館

See also: 舘 and 馆

館 U+9928, 館 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9928 ← 餧 [U+9927] CJK Unified Ideographs 餩 → [U+9929]

館 U+FA2C, 館 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA2C ← 飼 [U+FA2B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 鶴 → [U+FA2D]

Translingual

Han character

館 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人戈十口口 (OIJRR), four-corner 8377₇, composition ⿰飠官)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1422, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44237
• Dae Jaweon: page 1947, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4461, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9928
• Unihan data for U+FA2C

Chinese

trad.		館
simp.		馆
alternative forms		舘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 館
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
官	*koːn
棺	*koːn, *koːns
倌	*koːn, *kroːns
悹	*koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns
涫	*koːn, *koːns
管	*koːnʔ
琯	*koːnʔ, *kuːns
痯	*koːnʔ, *koːns
輨	*koːnʔ
錧	*koːnʔ, *koːns
館	*koːnʔ, *koːns
婠	*koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd
悺	*koːns
逭	*ɡoːns
菅	*kroːn
綰	*qroːnʔ, *qroːns
捾	*qoːd

Characters in the same phonetic series (官) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːnʔ, *koːns) : semantic 飠 + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	館
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古玩切
Baxter	kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/kuɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	館
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwanH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁo[n]ʔ-s/
English	lodging-house
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	館	館
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4446	4448
Phonetic component	官	官
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	管	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːnʔ/	/*koːns/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guan³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуан (guan, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón
• Eastern Min (BUC): guāng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang² / guêng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kuoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³
    • Yale: gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: guan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuan⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуан (guan, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gun²
    • Yale: gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon³
    • Sinological IPA: /kon³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán
    • Tâi-lô: kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang² / guêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng / kuéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kueŋ⁵²/

Note:

• guang2 - Shantou;
• guêng2 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kuoe
    • MiniDict: kuoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kuoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwanH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːnʔ/, /*koːns/

Definitions

館

1. accommodation

   旅館／旅馆  ―  lǚguǎn  ―  hotel

   賓館／宾馆  ―  bīnguǎn  ―  guest house

2. shop

   飯館／饭馆  ―  fànguǎn  ―  restaurant

   酒館／酒馆  ―  jiǔguǎn  ―  bar, wine shop

3. mansion
4. building or place for cultural activities

   體育館／体育馆  ―  tǐyùguǎn  ―  gymnasium, stadium

   博物館／博物馆  ―  bówùguǎn  ―  museum

   圖書館／图书馆  ―  túshūguǎn  ―  library

5. (historical) government office

   差館／差馆 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  caai¹ gun² [Jyutping]  ―  police station

6. (historical) traditional Chinese private school where classical literature and Confucianism used to be taught

   館地／馆地  ―  guǎndì  ―  (archaic) school

   書館／书馆  ―  shūguǎn  ―  (archaic) private school

   蒙館／蒙馆  ―  méngguǎn  ―  primary school

   館賓／馆宾  ―  guǎnbīn  ―  private teacher, preceptor

7. (historical) factory (as a foreign trade emporium)

   廣州十三行的館／广州十三行的馆  ―  Guǎngzhōu Shísānxíng de guǎn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 三館 / 三馆
• 上館子 / 上馆子 (shàng guǎnzi)
• 乾館 / 干馆
• 仙館 / 仙馆
• 伎館 / 伎馆
• 作館 / 作馆
• 來扇館 / 来扇馆
• 使館 / 使馆 (shǐguǎn)
• 候館 / 候馆
• 假館 / 假馆
• 公使館 / 公使馆 (gōngshǐguǎn)
• 公館 / 公馆 (gōngguǎn)
• 函館 / 函馆 (Hánguǎn)
• 別館 / 别馆 (biéguǎn)
• 博物館 / 博物馆 (bówùguǎn)
• 史館 / 史馆
• 同文館 / 同文馆
• 吃館子 / 吃馆子 (chīguǎnzi)
• 命館 / 命馆
• 國史館 / 国史馆
• 國術館 / 国术馆
• 圖書館 / 图书馆
• 圖書館學 / 图书馆学 (túshūguǎnxué)
• 圖書館週 / 图书馆周
• 坐館 / 坐馆 (zuòguǎn)
• 坤書館 / 坤书馆
• 報館 / 报馆 (bàoguǎn)
• 外館 / 外馆
• 大使館 / 大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn)
• 大公館 / 大公馆
• 大館 / 大馆 (Dàguǎn)
• 孤館 / 孤馆
• 學館 / 学馆
• 客館 / 客馆
• 宮館 / 宫馆
• 小館 / 小馆
• 就館 / 就馆
• 崇文館 / 崇文馆
• 廣方言館 / 广方言馆
• 弘文館 / 弘文馆
• 戲館 / 戏馆
• 捐館 / 捐馆
• 搭館 / 搭馆
• 擇日館 / 择日馆 (zháirìguǎn)
• 教師會館 / 教师会馆
• 散館 / 散馆
• 旅館 / 旅馆 (lǚguǎn)
• 旅館業 / 旅馆业
• 書館 / 书馆 (shūguǎn)
• 書館兒 / 书馆儿
• 會館 / 会馆 (huìguǎn)
• 棚館 / 棚馆
• 楚館 / 楚馆
• 楚館秦樓 / 楚馆秦楼
• 樂子館 / 乐子馆
• 歌樓舞館 / 歌楼舞馆
• 殯儀館 / 殡仪馆 (bìnyíguǎn)
• 水族館 / 水族馆 (shuǐzúguǎn)
• 汽車旅館 / 汽车旅馆 (qìchē lǚguǎn)
• 泡茶館 / 泡茶馆
• 烽火館 / 烽火馆
• 照相館 / 照相馆 (zhàoxiàngguǎn)
• 煙館 / 烟馆 (yānguǎn)
• 甥館 / 甥馆
• 甲館 / 甲馆
• 番攤館 / 番摊馆
• 番菜館 / 番菜馆
• 私館 / 私馆
• 秦樓楚館 / 秦楼楚馆
• 秦樓謝館 / 秦楼谢馆
• 秘館 / 秘馆
• 紀念館 / 纪念馆 (jìniànguǎn)
• 美術館 / 美术馆 (měishùguǎn)
• 花煙館 / 花烟馆
• 茶藝館 / 茶艺馆
• 茶館 / 茶馆 (cháguǎn)
• 菜館 / 菜馆 (càiguǎn)
• 落子館 / 落子馆
• 蒙館 / 蒙馆 (méngguǎn)
• 藝術館 / 艺术馆
• 處館 / 处馆
• 蠟人館 / 蜡人馆
• 蠟像館 / 蜡像馆 (làxiàngguǎn)
• 行館 / 行馆
• 觀光旅館 / 观光旅馆
• 譯學館 / 译学馆
• 賓館 / 宾馆 (bīnguǎn)
• 辭館 / 辞馆
• 遲賓之館 / 迟宾之馆
• 郵館 / 邮馆 (yóuguǎn)
• 酒館 / 酒馆 (jiǔguǎn)
• 門館 / 门馆
• 門館先生 / 门馆先生
• 閉館 / 闭馆 (bìguǎn)
• 開館 / 开馆 (kāiguǎn)
• 領事館 / 领事馆 (lǐngshìguǎn)
• 風亭月館 / 风亭月馆
• 飯館 / 饭馆 (fànguǎn)
• 餐館 / 餐馆 (cānguǎn)
• 館人 / 馆人
• 館伴 / 馆伴
• 館兒 / 馆儿
• 館員 / 馆员 (guǎnyuán)
• 館地 / 馆地
• 館址 / 馆址
• 館娃宮 / 馆娃宫
• 館子 / 馆子 (guǎnzi)
• 館客 / 馆客
• 館待 / 馆待
• 館田 / 馆田
• 館穀 / 馆谷
• 館職 / 馆职
• 館舍 / 馆舍 (guǎnshè)
• 館賓 / 馆宾
• 館金 / 馆金
• 館長 / 馆长 (guǎnzhǎng)
• 館閣 / 馆阁
• 館閣氣 / 馆阁气
• 館閣體 / 馆阁体
• 館際互借 / 馆际互借 (guǎnjì hùjiè)
• 館驛 / 馆驿 (guǎnyì)
• 驛館 / 驿馆
• 體育館 / 体育馆 (tǐyùguǎn)
• 魯館 / 鲁馆
• 麵館 / 面馆 (miànguǎn)
• 麻將館 / 麻将馆 (májiàngguǎn)
• 麻雀館 / 麻雀馆 (máquèguǎn)

Japanese

Shinjitai	館
Kyūjitai [1][2][3][4]	館 館 or 館+︀?
	館󠄁 館+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	館󠄃 館+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 館

館

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: やかた (yakata, 館, Jōyō)、たち (tachi, 館)、たて (tate, 館)、むろつみ (murotsumi, 館)
• Nanori: いえ (ie)

Alternative forms

• 舘

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
館
やかた Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
舘 屋形

Compound of 屋 (ya, “house, hut, structure”) +‎ 形 (kata, “shape, form”).^[5][6]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やかた [yàkátá] (Heiban – [0])^[6][7]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ka̠ta̠]

Noun

館(やかた) • (yakata) 

1. a roofed structure on a boat, shaped like a house
2. a house-shaped structure on a cart, such as a caravan
3. a temporary house, a temporary shelter
4. a mansion, a manor house, an estate
5. (honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
6. Clipping of 屋形船 (yakata-bune): a houseboat

Synonyms

• (structure on a boat): 船(ふね)屋(や)形(かた) (funeyakata)
• (temporary house): 仮(かり)屋(や) (kariya), 寓(ぐう)居(きょ) (gūkyo)
• (mansion, manor): 邸(てい)宅(たく) (teitaku); 館(たて) (tate), 館(たち) (tachi) (see above)
• (honorific): 館(たて) (tate), 館(たち) (tachi) (see above)
• (houseboat): 屋(や)形船(かたぶね) (yakata-bune)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
館
たて Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
舘

Likely derived as the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) tate of verb 建てる (tateru, “to erect a structure”), in turn from the verb 立つ (tatsu, “to stand, to stand up”).^[5][6]

The reading tate is most common in eastern Japan, correlating to the tachi reading in western Japan.^[5][6]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たて [táꜜtè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[6][7]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞]

Noun

館(たて) • (tate) 

1. a large building
2. a mansion, a villa, an estate
3. (honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
4. a small castle or fort

Derived terms

• 函(はこ)館(だて) (Hakodate)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
館
たち Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
舘

Likely derived as the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) tachi of verb 立つ (tatsu, “to stand, to stand up”).^[5][6] Alternatively, may be a shift in pronunciation from tate above.

The reading tachi is most common in western Japan, correlating to the tate reading in eastern Japan.^[5][6]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たち [táꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[7]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

館(たち) • (tachi) 

1. a large building
2. a mansion, a villa, an estate
3. (honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
4. a small castle or fort

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
館
かん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
舘

/kwan/ → /kan/

From Middle Chinese 館 (MC kwanH, “house; lodge; residence; premises”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[6]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

館(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. a large building
2. a mansion, a villa, an estate
3. a movie theatre

Suffix

館(かん) • (-kan) ^{←くわん (-kwan)?}

1. a hall, a building, a section of a building, a house

Derived terms

• 館(かん)娃(あい) (kan'ai)
• 館(かん)員(いん) (kan'in)
• 館(かん)宇(う) (kan'u)
• 館(かん)駅(えき) (kan'eki)
• 館(かん)外(がい) (kangai)
• 館(かん)客(かく) (kankaku)
• 館(かん)閣(かく) (kankaku)
• 館(かん)監(かん) (kankan)
• 館(かん)穀(こく) (kankoku)
• 館(かん)師(し) (kanshi)
• 館(かん)舎(しゃ) (kansha)
• 館(かん)主(しゅ) (kanshu)
• 館(かん)職(しょく) (kanshoku)
• 館(かん)人(じん) (kanjin)
• 館(かん)甥(せい) (kansei)
• 館(かん)蔵(ぞう) (kanzō)
• 館(かん)代(だい) (kandai)
• 館(かん)宅(たく) (kantaku)
• 館(かん)長(ちょう) (kanchō)
• 館(かん)第(てい) (kantei)
• 館(かん)逓(てい) (kantei)
• 館(かん)内(ない) (kannai)
• 館(かん)伴(ぱん) (kanpan)
• 館(かん)夫(ぷ) (kanpu)
• 娃(あい)館(かん) (aikan)
• 捐(えん)館(かん) (enkan)
• 華(か)館(かん) (kakan)
• 霞館
• 会(かい)館(かん) (kaikan)
• 開(かい)館(かん) (kaikan)
• 客(かっ)館(かん) (kakkan)
• 学(がっ)館(かん) (gakkan)
• 帰(き)館(かん) (kikan)
• 客(きゃっ)館(かん) (kyakkan)
• 旧(きゅう)館(かん) (kyūkan)
• 宮(きゅう)館(かん) (kyūkan)
• 玉館
• 吟館
• 迎(げい)賓(ひん)館(かん) (geihinkan)
• 公(こう)館(かん) (kōkan)
• 甲(こう)館(かん) (kōkan)
• 江(こう)館(かん) (kōkan)
• 候(こう)館(かん) (kōkan)
• 高(こう)館(かん) (kōkan)
• 号(ごう)館(かん) (gōkan): numbered building
• 菜(さい)館(かん) (saikan)
• 散(さん)館(かん) (sankan)
• 史(し)館(かん) (shikan)
• 私(し)館(かん) (shikan)
• 使(し)館(かん) (shikan)
• 舎(しゃ)館(かん) (shakan)
• 酒(しゅ)館(かん) (shukan)
• 授(じゅ)館(かん) (jukan)
• 儒(じゅ)館(かん) (jukan)
• 書(しょ)館(かん) (shokan)
• 商(しょう)館(かん) (shōkan)
• 新(しん)館(かん) (shinkan)
• 翠(すい)館(かん) (suikan)
• 仙(せん)館(かん) (senkan)
• 台館
• 第(だい)館(かん) (daikan)
• 池(ち)館(かん) (chikan)
• 直館
• 亭(てい)館(かん) (teikan)
• 図(と)書(しょ)館(かん) (toshokan): a library
• 博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) (hakubutsukan): a museum
• 秘(ひ)館(かん) (hikan)
• 美(び)術(じゅつ)館(かん) (bijutsukan): an art gallery
• 賓(ひん)館(かん) (hinkan)
• 府(ふ)館(かん) (fukan)
• 分(ぶん)館(かん) (bunkan)
• 碧館
• 別(べっ)館(かん) (bekkan)
• 蓬館
• 本(ほん)館(かん) (honkan)
• 門(もん)館(かん) (monkan)
• 郵(ゆう)館(かん) (yūkan)
• 遊(ゆう)館(かん) (yūkan)
• 立館
• 旅(りょ)館(かん) (ryokan): a traditional Japanese inn
• 陋(ろう)館(かん) (rōkan)
• 楼(ろう)館(かん) (rōkan)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
館
むろつみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
舘 室積

Compound of 室 (muro, “cellar; room”) +‎ 積み (tsumi, “piling up, heaping up, stacking up”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 積む tsumu, “to pile, heap, or stack up”),^[5] possibly in reference to the way that the oldest such buildings may have started out as simple pithouses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɾo̞t͡sɨmʲi]

Noun

館(むろつみ) • (murotsumi) 

1. (rare, archaic) lodgings along a stagecoach route, an inn

References

1. “館”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
2. 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “館”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
3. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2341 (paper), page 1222 (digital)
4. Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1379 (paper), page 702 (digital)
5. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
6. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
7. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

館 (eumhun 객사 관 (gaeksa gwan))

1. hanja form^? of 관 (“hotel, inn, public building”)

Compounds

• 과학관 (科學館, gwahakgwan)
• 도서관 (圖書館, doseogwan)
• 미술관 (美術館, misulgwan)
• 박물관 (博物館, bangmulgwan)
• 영화관 (映畫館, yeonghwagwan)

Vietnamese

Han character

館: Hán Nôm readings: quán^[1]

chữ Hán form of quán.

1. (only in certain contexts) a place of where people can come and enjoy cheap or non-luxury service (usually food and drinks) for some time
2. (only in compounds) a hall, a building

References

1. Trần (1999).