Phono-semantic compound:
食 (식, food) — semantic component, indicating a place where food/lodging is provided.
官 (관, official, government office) — phonetic component, giving the sound.
Originally denoted a guesthouse or lodging hall, often maintained by the government for travelers and envoys.

Used broadly for large buildings and institutions (도서관, 박물관, 여관, etc.).
圖書館 (도서관) — library
博物館 (박물관) — museum
旅館 (여관) — inn, hotel
會館 (회관) — meeting hall
客館 (객관) — guesthouse, inn

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to topple, to forehead

group, kind, category, class, to resemble, to be similar

to look back, to consider

to be hungry, to starve

to drink

cooked rice, a meal, to eat a meal

to raise, to nourish

to remain, to be left over, surplus, the rest

house, building, mansion, guest hall, inn, lodging, official residence

to covet, to crave, to be greedy, gluttonous, insatiable appetite

famine, food shortage, time of famine or crop failure

side dish

to starve, to be famished, famine, dearth

to covet, to crave, to be greedy, gluttonous

stuff into the mouth, to gobble up greedily

to disturb, to be noisy, to be troubled

test, examination, to verify, to inspect

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館

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