館

館 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人戈十口口 (OIJRR), four-corner 8377₇, composition ⿰飠官)

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Historical forms of the character 館
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

館

1. accommodation

   旅館／旅馆  ―  lǚguǎn  ―  hotel

   賓館／宾馆  ―  bīnguǎn  ―  guest house

2. shop

   飯館／饭馆  ―  fànguǎn  ―  restaurant

   酒館／酒馆  ―  jiǔguǎn  ―  bar, wine shop

3. mansion
4. 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

5. (historical) government office

   差館／差馆 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  caai¹ gun² [Jyutping]  ―  police station

6. (historical) traditional Chinese private school where classical literature and Confucianism used to be taught

   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

7. (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 usage example)

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• 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)

• 舘

Compound of 屋 (ya, “house, hut, structure”) +‎ 形 (kata, “shape, form”).[5][6]

• (Tokyo) やかた [yàkátá] (Heiban – [0])[6][7]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ka̠ta̠]

館(やかた) • (yakata) 

1. a roofed structure on a boat, shaped like a house
2. a house-shaped structure on a cart, such as a caravan
3. a temporary house, a temporary shelter
4. a mansion, a manor house, an estate
5. (honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
6. Clipping of 屋形船 (yakata-bune): a houseboat

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]

• (Tokyo) た​て [táꜜtè] (Atamadaka – [1])[6][7]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞]

館(たて) • (tate) 

1. a large building
2. a mansion, a villa, an estate
3. (honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
4. a small castle or fort

• 函(はこ)館(だて) (Hakodate)

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]

• (Tokyo) た​ち [táꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[7]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡ɕi]

館(たち) • (tachi) 

1. a large building
2. a mansion, a villa, an estate
3. (honorific, archaic) a form of address or reference for a noble
4. a small castle or fort

/kwan/ → /kan/

From Middle Chinese 館 (MC kwanH, “house; lodge; residence; premises”).

• (Tokyo) か​ん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[6]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

館(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. a large building
2. a mansion, a villa, an estate
3. a movie theatre

館(かん) • (-kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. a hall, a building, a section of a building, a house

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.

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾo̞t͡sɨᵝmʲi]

館(むろつみ) • (murotsumi) 

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

館 (eumhun 객사 관 (gaeksa gwan))

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

館: Hán Nôm readings: quán[1]

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