U+9986 "馆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9986 "馆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "a public building, establishment, or venue," such as a hotel, restaurant, museum, or library, often serving as a suffix in compound words like "饭馆" for restaurant or "图书馆" for library. It is composed of the radical "食" (food) on the left and the phonetic component "官" on the right, reflecting its historical association with places that provide lodging or meals. This character is widely used in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese writing systems and appears in numerous compound terms across East Asian languages, including Japanese and Korean, where it similarly denotes a building or institution for public service.