See also: 会館 and 会馆

Chinese edit

 
to meet; to gather; group
to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
house; establishment
trad. (會館)
simp. (会馆)
alternative forms 會舘会舘

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

會館

  1. institution set up in a capital city or other domestic or overseas city by people from the same hometown or operating the same business; guildhall; clan association; kongsi
  2. (Taiwan) hostel; hotel

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (會館):

Others:

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かい
Hyōgaiji
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 會館 – see the following entry.
会館かいかん
[noun] building that hosts Chinese hometown associations; kongsi
[noun] (by extension) meeting hall, place of assembly
Alternative spellings
会舘, 會舘
(This term, 會館, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

會館 (hoegwan) (hangeul 회관)

  1. Hanja form? of 회관 (hall, meeting hall).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

會館

  1. chữ Hán form of hội quán (premises of an association, usually a Chinese clan association).