纪念馆
jìniànguǎn · HSK 7
memorial hall
🏛️🕯️ 纪念 (commemorate) + 馆 (hall/building) = memorial hall, a building that commemorates
馆 is the same hall in 博物馆 (museum) and 图书馆 (library) — any large public building. 纪念 means to commemorate or mark in memory. Together: a hall built to keep someone or something in memory.
念 — 今 (now, phonetic) + 心 (heart)
念 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 心 (heart) gives the meaning, while 今 (now) supplies the sound. The original sense was 'what is on the heart right now' — a thought held in mind. From this came the modern meanings 'to think of,' 'to miss,' and 'to recite' (holding words in mind).