会館
かいかん · kaikan · JLPT N2 · noun
hall
🏛️ 会 = meet/gather + 館 = hall/building, so 会館 = a hall for meetings
会 (kai) means meet or gather, and 館 (kan) means building or hall. Together they name a hall built for assemblies and meetings.
会 — 人 person on top + 云 cloud/say below (simplified from 會)
The traditional form 會 showed a lid over a vessel with contents stacked inside, depicting things coming together — hence 'meet, gather, assemble.' From 'gathering' it extended to 'meeting,' then 'understand' (minds meeting) and 'be able to.' The simplified 会 keeps only a schematic top and bottom.