HSK 6 · Places

籍贯 jíguàn “ancestral home” in Chinese

Traditional 籍貫

What 籍贯 means

  1. ancestral home
  2. place of origin
  3. one’s ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)

How to say 籍贯

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale籍jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贯guàn4th tone, falling

籍贯 in a sentence

  1. 表格上要填写籍贯。

    Biǎogé shàng yào tiánxiě jíguàn.

    You need to fill in your place of origin on the form.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的籍贯是山东。

    Tā de jíguàn shì Shāndōng.

    His family comes from Shandong.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 籍贯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 籍 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
籍jíbook; record; register
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 耤to plough · jíSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 耤 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

The character 贯 (guàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
贯guànto pierce through
  • 毌part of the characterSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 籍贯

籍 20 strokes · 贯 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

籍贯 (jíguàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 籍贯 (jíguàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 籍贯

Words with 籍

国籍guójí · nationality书籍shūjí · books

Words with 贯

贯彻guànchè · to implement一贯yíguàn · consistent

More words: Places & Geography

海拔hǎibá · height above sea level海滨hǎibīn · seaside角落jiǎoluò · corner基地jīdì · base (of operations)井jǐng · well (for water)经纬jīngwěi · longitude and latitude就近jiùjìn · nearby领土lǐngtǔ · territory

FAQs

籍贯 (jíguàn) means “ancestral home” or “place of origin”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jíguàn: jí with a 2nd tone, then guàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 籍贯 is written 籍貫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 籍贯 from the suggestions. Typing jiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
籍贯 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.