museum /extensive

(ten) + (specialty)
★★☆☆☆
12 strokes
BETAPN

Onyomi

HAKU

They oughta take that crazy rainbow phlegm you HACK up and put it in a museum, you cancerous chain-smoking freak!!

Mnemonic

This museum has an extensive collection, with over ten specialized exhibits.

Jukugo

博物館(はくぶつかん)

museum ★★★☆☆
(museum /extensive) + (animal / thing) + (big hall) = 博物館 (museum)

a natural history museum or aerospace museum. (fine-art museums are 美術館 (びじゅつかん))

博覧会(はくらんかい)

exposition ★☆☆☆☆
(museum /extensive) + (view) + (big meeting) = 博覧会 (exposition)

a GIANT exposition. Not like, "Cezanne's greatest fuckin' paintings all up in here festival" but huger - like a World's Fair.

To break it down:

博覧会 (biggest kind of expo )

 展示会(てんじかい=trade show)

展覧会 (てんらんかい=art exhibition)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
tie up STRING
weak or thin WATER
museum /extensive TEN

You tie up with STRING,
but WATER is a weak-tasting thing.
Museums are TEN times more extensive than galleries and etc.

Synonyms

exhibit
展覧会    博覧会    展示   
museum
博物館    美術館