guǎn building; shop; term for certain public buildings

Made up of [ shí food; eat radical 184, guān official; government; organ of body ]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 11 strokes.
'guan' - official is the phonetic but also suggests government, the food radical suggests 'restaurant'

Related characters


Also uses shí component: bǎo (to eat till full) fàn (food) ; jiǎo (dumpling) ; yǐn (to drink)

Different tone

guān (shut) ; guān ; guān (official)

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Pronunciation

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