Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 3
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology edit

  • historically ヤウクヮン
  • /youkwan/ > /youkan/.

Noun edit

(よう)(かん) (yōkan

  1. Western-style building (especially when referring to such buildings from the Meiji and Taishō periods)