Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

613 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: building, mansion, large building, palace

Kunyomi: やかた たて

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しょくへん

Meaning: eat, food

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

する(かいかんする)   open a building

する(へいかんする)   close a building

する(きゅうかんする)   close a library or museum

図書(としょかん)   library

映画(えいがかん)   movie theater

体育(たいいくかん)   gym

大使(たいしかん)   embassy

(りょかん)   Japanese style hotel

(はこだて)   Hakodate

Onyomi Examples

カン house, hall, building

カンチョウ superintendent, director, curator, chief librarian

在外公 ザイガイコウカン diplomatic mission, overseas diplomatic establishment

コウカン official residence

Kunyomi Examples

やかた mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

なつやかた villa arranged appropriately for summer, mansion arranged appropriately for summer

恐怖の きょうふのやかた house of horrors

やかた mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)