館 — gwan

Parts that make up 館

How 館 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 館 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 食, 官.

Korean example words with 館

• 구관舊館 Korean gloss: 전에 세운 건물
• 신관新館 Korean gloss: 새로 지은 건물
• 양관洋館 Korean gloss: 서양식으로 지은 집
• 전관全館 Korean gloss: 한 기관이나 건물의 전체
• 별관別館 Korean gloss: 본관 외에 따로 지은 건물
• 객관客館 Korean gloss: 나그네를 치거나 묵게 하는 집
• 여관旅館 Korean gloss: 일정한 돈을 받고 손님을 묵게 하는 집
• 입관入館 Korean gloss: 도서관, 박물관, 미술관 따위에 들어감
• 회관會館 Korean gloss: 집회나 회의 따위를 목적으로 지은 건물
• 분관分館 Korean gloss: 본관에서 나누어 따로 세운 기관이나 건물
• 관외館外 Korean gloss: 도서관, 박물관, 체육관과 같은 건물의 밖
• 상관商館 Korean gloss: 규모가 큰 상점. 특히 외국인이 경영하는 상점을 이른다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 館

• 会館かいかん meeting hall; assembly hall
• 大使館たいしかん embassy
• 美術館びじゅつかん art museum; art gallery
• 博物館はくぶつかん museum
• 図書館としょかん library
• 旅館りょかん ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
• 映画館えいがかん movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
• 館長かんちょう superintendent; director; curator
• 迎賓館げいひんかん reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
• 公民館こうみんかん public hall; community center; community centre
• 水族館すいぞくかん aquarium (building)
• 本館ほんかん main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum

Characters sharing the phonetic 官

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “관” in Korean.

Other hanja read “관”

Other hanja with radical 食