会館

See also: 會館 and 会馆

Japanese
Kanji in this term
会 館
かい
Grade: 2		 かん
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spellings
會館 (kyūjitai)
会舘
會舘
秋葉原(あきはばら)ラジオ会館(かいかん) (Akihabara Rajio Kaikan): the Akihabara Radio Kaikan

Etymology

From Chinese 會館／会馆 (huìguǎn). Analyzable as 会 (kai, “meeting; gathering”) +‎ 館 (kan, “public building”).

Pronunciation

Noun

会(かい)館(かん) • (kaikan) ←くわいくわん (kwaikwan)?

  1. building that hosts Chinese hometown associations; kongsi
  2. (by extension) meeting hall, place of assembly
    文(ぶん)化(か)会(かい)館(かん)
    bunka kaikan
    cultural center; culture hall

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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