Japanese symbol for “annexe”
別館
べっかん
Romaji: bekkan
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
In Japanese, annexe is 別館, read べっかん (bekkan).
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Meanings
- n annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “annexe”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新館 | しんかん shinkan | new building; annexe; annex |
| 分館 | ぶんかん bunkan | annex (to a building); annexe |
| アネックス | アネックス anekkusu | annex; annexe |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特別 | とくべつ tokubetsu | special; particular; extraordinary |
| 別に | べつに betsuni | (not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially |
| 差別 | さべつ sabetsu | distinction; differentiation; discrimination |
| 別れ | わかれ wakare | parting (of people); separation; farewell |
| 区別 | くべつ kubetsu | distinction; differentiation; discrimination |
| 性別 | せいべつ seibetsu | (distinction of) sex; gender |
| 図書館 | としょかん toshokan | library |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん bijutsukan | art museum; art gallery |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.