原籍

yuánjí

noun #45,670

Meanings

1 ancestral home (town)
2 place of family origin
3 birthplace of registration

Characters

registry; native place

Examples

他原籍山东，但生在上海。

Tā yuánjí Shāndōng, dàn shēng zài Shànghǎi.

His ancestral home is Shandong, but he was born in Shanghai.

请填写您的原籍和现住址。

Qǐng tiánxiě nín de yuánjí hé xiàn zhùzhǐ.

Please fill in your ancestral home and current address.

Tips

culture

原籍 is a distinct concept from 出生地 (birthplace) and 户籍 (household registration). It's where your family is *from*, sometimes for generations back, regardless of where you or your parents were actually born. The question 您原籍哪里？ probes ancestry, not biography.

Stroke Order

原 yuán

籍 jí