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: 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

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

	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

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ
(Chengdu, SP): guan³
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуан (guan, II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón
Min Dong (BUC): guāng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): koán
(Teochew, Peng'im): guang² / guêng²
Wu (Wiktionary): kuoe (T2)

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): /kwän²¹⁴/
- (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)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun²
  - Yale: gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon³
  - Sinological IPA: /kon³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kuoe (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kv̩ʷø³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kuɑn^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan^H/
Li Rong	/kuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kuɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*koːnʔ/, /*koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	館
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwan^H ›
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/

Definitions

館

accommodation
旅館／旅馆 ― lǚguǎn ― hotel
賓館／宾馆 ― bīnguǎn ― guest house
shop
飯館／饭馆 ― fànguǎn ― restaurant
酒館／酒馆 ― jiǔguǎn ― bar, wine shop
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
private school
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
(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 example)

Compounds

Derived terms from 館

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
使館／使馆 (shǐguǎn)
來扇館／来扇馆
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
吃館子／吃馆子
同文館／同文馆
命館／命馆
國史館／国史馆
國術館／国术馆
圖書館／图书馆 (túshūguǎn)
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
煙館／烟馆 (yānguǎn)
照相館／照相馆 (zhàoxiàngguǎn)
甥館／甥馆
甲館／甲馆
番攤館／番摊馆
番菜館／番菜馆
私館／私馆
秘館／秘馆
秦樓楚館／秦楼楚馆
秦樓謝館／秦楼谢馆
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
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

館

(grade 3 “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)

a roofed structure on a boat, shaped like a house
a house-shaped structure on a cart, such as a caravan
a temporary house, a temporary shelter
a mansion, a manor house, an estate
(honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
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)

a large building
a mansion, a villa, an estate
(honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
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)

a large building
a mansion, a villa, an estate
(honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
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 kuɑn^H, “house; lodge; residence; premises”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

館(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}

a large building
a mansion, a villa, an estate
a movie theatre

Suffix

館(かん) • (-kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}

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): [mɯ̟ᵝɾo̞t͡sɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

館(むろつみ) • (murotsumi)

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

References

“館”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014), “館”, in 字通普及版 (Jitsū fukyūban, “Jitsū trade edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 2341 (paper), page 1222 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1379 (paper), page 702 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

館 (eumhun 객사 관 (gaeksa gwan))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

館: Hán Nôm readings: quán[1]

a shop (for foods and drinks)
(only in compounds) a hall, a building

References

Trần (1999).

[1] “館”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

[2] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014), “館”, in 字通普及版 (Jitsū fukyūban, “Jitsū trade edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[3] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 2341 (paper), page 1222 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[4] 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1379 (paper), page 702 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)

[KDJ-5] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-6] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK7-7] 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[Trần_(1999)-8] Trần (1999).