Chinese symbol for “building”
馆
guǎn
Traditional: 館
building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for building is 馆 (guǎn), defined as: building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); measure word: 家 (jiā).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “building”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大楼 (大樓) | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
| 建筑物 (建築物) | jiàn zhù wù | building; structure |
| 楼宇 (樓宇) | lóu yǔ | building |
| 土木 | tǔ mù | building; construction |
| 楼阁 (樓閣) | lóu gé | building; pavilion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 馆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博物馆 (博物館) | bó wù guǎn | museum |
| 图书馆 (圖書館) | tú shū guǎn | library; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 旅馆 (旅館) | lǚ guǎn | hotel; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 大使馆 (大使館) | dà shǐ guǎn | embassy; measure word: 座 (zuò), 个 (gè) |
| 宾馆 (賓館) | bīn guǎn | guesthouse; lodge |
| 餐馆 (餐館) | cān guǎn | restaurant; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “building”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.