Readings
Meanings
- superintendent
- director
- curator
- chief librarian
Radicals and components
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘeat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · bureaucrat · house · maestro without baton
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1589
Compound words
movie theatre; movie theater; cinemalibraryembassyryokan; traditional Japanese innart museum; art gallerymeeting hall; assembly hallopening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)superintendent; director; curator; chief librarianofficial residenceannex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary buildingmain building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre; this hallinside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premisesclosure (of a library, museum, etc.)reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)public hall; community center; community centreaquarium (building)gymnasiummuseumconsulateadmission fee (for a museum, etc.)diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishmentnational museumpersonnel (of public building)museum (esp. in memory of a person or event) On Reading Examples
タッソーろう人形館へ行く道を教えて頂けませんか。かん Could you tell me the way to Madame Tussaud's?tatoebaAdditional Examples
He was tired from walking round museums.tatoeba He proposed that they stay at that inn.tatoeba He asked me the way to the museum.tatoeba He used to go to the museum on Sunday.tatoeba Stroke Order
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