漢字城 Kanji Fortress

館 building

Also: mansion, large Building, palace

On'yomi
カン
Kun'yomi
やかた、たて
Strokes
16
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
館 is written in 16 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Government officials (官) are served food (飠) inside a grand hall — a large building.

A common word

  • 図書館 としょかん library

Example sentences

  • としょかんでほんをよみます。

    I read books at the library.

  • しゅうまつ、びじゅつかんにいきました。

    I went to an art museum on the weekend.

Kanji that share a part

飠 is its radical.

  • 飲 drink
  • 飯 meal
  • 飢 starve N1
  • 飽 satiate N1
  • 飾 decorate N1
  • 飼 domesticate N1
  • 餓 starve N1

官 is a component.

  • 管 pipe N2
  • 菅 sedge N1
  • 棺 coffin N1