Kanji topic · 13 kanji

Kanji for places and buildings

Kanji for countries, towns and buildings. 国 means country, 京 means capital (as in 東京, Tōkyō, the “eastern capital”) and 館 appears in buildings like 図書館 (toshokan, library) and 映画館 (eigakan, cinema).

• 国

  Country N5

  On こく

  Kun くに

• 京

  Capital, 10**16 N4

  On きょう、けい、きん

  Kun みやこ

• 場

  Location, Place N4

  On じょう、ちょう

  Kun ば

• 公

  Public, Prince, Official, Governmental N4

  On こう、く

  Kun おおやけ

• 家

  House, Home, Family, Professional, Expert, Performer N4

  On か、け

  Kun いえ、や、うち

• 世

  Generation, World, Society, Public N4

  On せい、せ、そう

  Kun よ

• 界

  World, Boundary N4

  On かい

• 院

  Inst., Institution, Temple, Mansion, School N4

  On いん

• 町

  Town, Village, Block, Street N4

  On ちょう

  Kun まち

• 室

  Room, Apartment, Chamber, Greenhouse, Cellar N4

  On しつ

  Kun むろ

• 館

  Building, Mansion, Large Building, Palace N4

  On かん

  Kun やかた、たて

• 屋

  Roof, House, Shop, Dealer, Seller N4

  On おく

  Kun や

• 堂

  Public Chamber, Hall N4

  On どう

Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).