Word Meaning 閉館

へいかん heikan

閉館 is read as へいかん (heikan) and means closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
  2. closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

Reading

Kana

へいかん

Romaji

heikan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 開館 Rank 23178 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

閉館時間

へいかんじかん

closing time (library, museum, etc.)

閉まる

しまる

to be locked

閉会

へいかい

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

閉店

へいてん

closing up shop (for the day)

閉じる

とじる

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.)

閉口

へいこう

to be fed up

閉める

しめる

to close

閉じこもる

とじこもる

to seclude oneself

閉塞

へいそく

blockage

閉ざす

とざす

to block (a street, entrance, etc.)

閉山

へいざん

closing a mine

閉経

へいけい

menopause

Example Sentences

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このとしょかんはげつようびはへいかんです。

this library is closed on mondays.

The museum closes at 5 PM.

The library will be closing in ten minutes.

The museum is closed now.

We are closing at 8 today. The reception desk will close at 7:50, so please complete all book returns, loans, and other exchanges by that time.