guǎn

public building

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
饣 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

is a component form of .

官 sound component

  Sound component

guān

  

official

Evolution

馆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
馆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馆 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
馆 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

guǎn

public building; building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:[jiā]

() 

guǎn

variant of |[guǎn]

Most common words with 馆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

旅馆

hotel

shop

图书馆

library

餐馆

restaurant

博物馆

museum