Japanese symbol for “museum”
博物館
はくぶつかん
Romaji: hakubutsukan
museum
In Japanese, museum is 博物館, read はくぶつかん (hakubutsukan).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n museum
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “museum”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ミュージアム | ミュージアム myuujiamu | museum |
| 記念館 | きねんかん kinenkan | museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall |
| 総合博物館 | そうごうはくぶつかん sougouhakubutsukan | (general) museum |
| 資料館 | しりょうかん shiryoukan | museum; reference library; archive |
| 徴古館 | ちょうこかん choukokan | museum (esp. with collections of old objects) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博士 | はかせ hakase | expert; learned person |
| 博愛 | はくあい hakuai | charity; benevolence; philanthropy |
| 博多 | はかた hakata | Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka) |
| 賭博 | とばく tobaku | gambling |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
| 人物 | じんぶつ jinbutsu | person; character; figure |
| 物語 | ものがたり monogatari | story; tale; narrative |
| 建物 | たてもの tatemono | building |
| 図書館 | としょかん toshokan | library |
See also: Chinese symbol for “museum”.
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.