How to write 馆 (guǎn, “embassy or consulate”)
馆 (guǎn), an HSK 2 character, means “embassy or consulate”, “building” and “shop”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, up from level 1 in the 2021 standard. The traditional form is 館, 16 strokes instead of 11. Among the HSK words it appears in 饭馆 (“restaurant”), 宾馆 (“guesthouse”) and 体育馆 (“gym”). Japanese keeps the traditional 館, read kan (“building”).
- Pinyin
- guǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 饣 (“food”)
- Traditional
- 館
Stroke by stroke
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As a left-right character it splits into 饣 (“food”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 官 (“government official”), strokes 4–11, written the left part first.
- top leftdown and left
- top leftrightwards → down and left
- leftdownwards → up and right
- topdown and right
- topdownwards
- toprightwards → down and left
- centerdownwards
- centerrightwards → down and left
- centerrightwards
- bottomrightwards → down and left
- bottomrightwards
Traditional form
- Simplified
- 馆 · 11 strokes
- Traditional
- 館 · 16 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| guǎn third tone | embassy or consulate; building; shop; term for certain service establishments; schoolroom (old) | 館 | 饭馆 宾馆 体育馆 图书馆 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 68 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 馆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饭馆 飯館 | fànguǎn | restaurant HSK 2 |
| 宾馆 賓館 | bīnguǎn | guesthouse; lodge HSK 3 |
| 体育馆 體育館 | tǐyùguǎn | gym; gymnasium HSK 3 |
| 图书馆 圖書館 | túshūguǎn | library HSK 3 |
| 旅馆 旅館 | lǚguǎn | hotel HSK 4 |
| 使馆 使館 | shǐguǎn | consulate; diplomatic mission HSK 4 |
| 博物馆 博物館 | bówùguǎn | museum HSK 5 |
| 场馆 場館 | chǎngguǎn | sporting venue; arena HSK 6 |
| 领事馆 領事館 | lǐngshìguǎn | consulate HSK 7-9 |
| 书馆 書館 | shūguǎn | teashop with performance by 評書 or 评书 story tellers; attached to name… |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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