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館 means 'building'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 503   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-8    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 13    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 141 words   Used in 1153 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   カン
Kun
   やかた castle, mansion
Kun    たて
Name    たち
⿰   () eat; food   bureaucrat  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 館 is used 15 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 館 is used 139 times, read 3 ways.
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カン : 135 words FIND ALL
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noun
ryokan; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run  (see also: 民宿)
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やかた : 3 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. mansion; small castle
2. nobleman; noblewoman  (honorific)
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たて (read as だて) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War, 1868-1869)  (see also: 戊辰戦争)
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An additional 1 less common words include 館 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 266 (originally: 247)  Joy o' Kanji : 247  Key to Kanji: 145 

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カン    building   やかた castle, mansion   
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カン    bureaucrat   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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roof   
eat; food
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