館 Public Building

Radical Combination

• 食

  Eat
• 宀

  Roof
• 㠯

  Bear

Meaning

Primary

Public Building

Mnemonic

Eating the roof is a bear, because the roof is a public building. Because it is a public building bears are allowed to eat the roof.

Hints

Picture a public building, like a museum or a library, and look at the roof. There's a bear eating the roof!

Readings

On’yomi

かん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Public buildings must make their roofs available for eating because of a law passed by Genghis Khan (かん).

Hints

Imagine Genghis Khan signing something and giving a speech talking about how important it is that all bears are able to eat the roofs of public buildings, as a bear in the background eats the roof.