図書館

See also: 圖書館 and 图书馆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
図	書	館
と Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 2	かん Grade: 3
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
圖書館 (kyūjitai) 圕 (obsolete, abbreviation) 𡆥 (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

Compound of 図(と)書(しょ) (tosho, “books”) + 館(かん) (-kan, “building”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) としょ​かん [tòshóꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

図(と)書(しょ)館(かん) • (toshokan) ^{←としよくわん (tosyokwan)?}

1. library (building)

Synonyms

• ライブラリー (raiburarī)

Derived terms

• 圕
• 𡆥

See also

• 図(と)書(しょ)室(しつ) (toshoshitsu, “library (room)”)