See also: 会館 and 会馆

Chinese

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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

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Noun

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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

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Sino-Xenic (會館):

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Hyōgai
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

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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會館 (hoegwan) (hangeul 회관)

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

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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會館

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