館

Meaning

Building, hall, mansion · edificio, pabellón

Readings

• On (音読み): カン
• Kun (訓読み): やかた

Example words

• 図書館（としょかん）— library
• 映画館（えいがかん）— cinema
• 大使館（たいしかん）— embassy

Structure

Radical 食 written as 飠 here (しょく・しょくへん · Eat, food) · 16 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

Suffix for public buildings: 図書館, 映画館, 美術館, 博物館, 大使館. A 旅館 is a traditional inn with tatami and dinner, not a hotel (ホテル). Left side is the food radical: a house that feeds its guests.