Dong Chinese dictionary

guǎn

public building

Simplified form of 館. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 官 represents the sound.

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí

eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

官 Sound component

guān

official

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

guǎn

public building; building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jiā]

guǎn

variant of 館|馆[guǎn]

Most common words with 馆

Sources